To think being able to follow basic directions without a satnav is an essential part of being able to driv

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DH insists on driving the car when we travel together despite the fact he has no sense of direction and is useless at following road signs. He is totally dependent on the satnav, even for journeys we have done many times. If the satnav lets us down we inevitably get lost, take the wrong exits off roundabouts or take ridiculous routes just brcause the satnav tells us.

AIBU to think if he can't cope without the satnav he should let me drive?

Sat navs have their uses, but a lot of people are overly reliant on them. I borrow Dh's occasionally to help with the last few miles. The main leg, I'd check with a map for a better overview. If I've been somewhere once or twice, I generally know what I'm doing. A decade of using a sat nav has caused DH 's sense of direction to atrophy as he's not thought about where he's going for years. They are also dire at diversions. About as useful as my autocorrect!

I think people should be able to navigate without SatNav. My DS has been taught to read a road map - which was fortunate as one day, I missed an exit off a dual carriageway, and the next exit was some distance away. Rather than double back on ourselves at the nnext exit, he got the road map out and navigated across country lanes until we got back onto the right road.

If I go to a strange town, I google the directions before I go and take them with me.

DS has just passed his driving test and there is definitley a section where the examiner tells yo to follow the road signs to XYZ town, so clearly the expectation is that you can navigate without a SatNav.

I agree that people should be able to drive to Devon, say, without a satnav, but how does someone on their own navigate round a busy city centre that they don't know their way around wizard? You can't stop and read a map when there are three lanes of one way traffic whizzing around you.

I do love the adjusted arrival times though and the fact that Google maps diverts you around traffic.

I tend to drive as DH is better at navigating - we don't have a satnav!
Plus, I'm a better driver, obviously