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What do you all do for sat-nav these days?

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WorkerBeeeee · 10/10/2022 15:54

Hello

I've always relied on a TomTom mounted on my dashboard. I liked that it was separate to my phone. But TomToms seem to becoming obsolete with everyone just using Google Maps?

Google Maps doesn't give you speed trap warnings does it? Is it any good for real-time traffic updates eg avoid certain routes? I suppose it must be good for having up to date maps eg when new roads are built.

How does Google Maps link it with What 3 Words which I've just discovered?

Interested in what you all do.

Thanks

OP posts:
landyland · 11/10/2022 17:25

This thread ispited me to check my Google maps settings and you can toggle on or off interrupt with phone calls, or not.

landyland · 11/10/2022 17:27

See pic if it works....

What do you all do for sat-nav these days?
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WorkerBeeeee · 11/10/2022 18:24

thanks @landyland
Honestly every day in life I thank God for technology. My life is so much easier than it was back in the day. Today I "found" a parking space by using an app! And paid on my phone instead of scrabbling for coins.

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JohnsShirt · 11/10/2022 19:38

funnelfanjo · 11/10/2022 12:36

I can read a map and plan a route as well as anyone, and DH still does the thing of writing a note of the junctions that he needs to take and taping them to the dashboard. But SatNavs come into their own when trying to navigate an unfamiliar city on your own, in the dark, in the rain, with an impatient bus driver up your boot. You can’t pull over to get out the A-Z and you can’t read the road names anyway.

Yep, I've been there on my own in Leeds/Liverpool/Manchester/Blackpool this year.
As for the not speeding so no need to know where the speed cameras are, well first, sometimes keeping up with traffic which is driving safely in those circumstances means speeding even if it's just 5 or so miles over, and then often I do late night/early morning drives and don't see anything wrong or unsafe about doing 80 on an empty motorway.
I'd still rather not get a ticket for it though.
Who honestly would stick to dead on 70?

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