DO YOU CARRY A ROAD ATLAS?

[Boddle]

 Yes, But I haven't a clue where now, Mainly as I have a PC with memory-map on

[lee celtic]

Just been out to buy a new road atlas as when I first read this thread I checked the date on the old one :oops: :oops:

only about 10 years out of date  :lol: :lol:

£2.99 Halfrauds ;)

[Devon-Rover]

Yes got one in the back seat pocket.

I'm still being technophobic about a Sat-Nav device jobby. And the laptop is a little bulky to take around with me connected to the GPS.

[EbonynIvory]

I don't think the manufacturers help by putting such a commanding voice on them,

What sort of voice would you like then? A low husky sexy one?!  :shock:

[EbonynIvory]

I'm still with the "plan the route out before hand", if I have I'm going to a place that I have never been before. Pen, paper and map. I still have a brain (I fink!) and like to use it.

I have a standard road atlas and several OS maps. I'm more likely to get lost when I'm out on the horse! Which I have done!  :doh:

[mobi]

i do 70-80k a year and never carry a map with me. sometimes i have a sat-nav but it's only to tell me where the speed cams are :lol:

[Terranger]

I always carry an atlas. Mainly because;
A) I don't want to arrive in a dodgy area where I'm unfamiliar with, and get my sat nav nicked,
and
B) I don't trust their reliability, due to the fact satellites can only give you a bird's eye view of the route you're taking. (Or has technology passed me by...,again?)

Anyway, isn't it nice to pull over, get the map out,  pour a beverage and peruse an atlas, then carry on your journey?

[Boddle]

Anyway, isn't it nice to pull over, get the map out,  pour a beverage and peruse an atlas, then carry on your journey?

 Yes, Take a few minutes to look round even get out and walk round. The reason I use Memory - Map is that it doesn't tell you where to go (unless Flightless is navigating for me), I still have to work out where I'm going before hand(which Steve has forgotten on a few occassions).
 Although I do still believe most of the issues with Sat Navs has to do with people  not setting them up correctly (setting which roads they prefer to use)

[Terranger]

Yes, I carry an atlas.
I don't own a sat-nav, as they're unreliable.
November 2008, I'd decided to go to a 4x4 show in Perth, Australia.
My sister set up the satnav, and we got lost. My passengers, my Nephew, and his mate, had no idea where we were.
I delved into the glovebox and took out the tourist streetmap in the hired car, and followed that, which took me within 1/4 mile of the area I needed, and then we followed, the 4x4 enthusiasts to the park.
Considering it was my first time, ever, in Perth, I did rather well.

One of my colleagues was sent on a private hire, (I'm a bus driver, btw), to Aberdeen. He was to take the punters to their venue, and, I was to pick them up later.
When I phoned him for directions, he said he had no idea,and, when I asked why, he answered,"I followed my sat-nav".
So, it was down to the good old streetmap, to find my punters.

People are too reliant on computers, and too lazy to use their brains.

[landroverkeith]

Yup always Carry a Map in the Back of the Motor if i remember correctly it was new in 1995 so almost time to get a new one when the cover completly Falls off..

[beast5680]

I always have a road atlas in whatever i,m driving as i dont use a satnav, never needed to, they stop you thinking

[gtomo2]

Always carry a map book have a hgv one i use with all the wight limits low bridges narrow roads etc as well as a normal road map. Plus i have mm on my sat nav as well.

[redhand]

God help me if I ever go overlanding.

I'm not the only one then! Upon sighting the stuff in the back of my Disco on a weekend camping trip someone asked "Why have you brought all that for two days?"

I only had the tent, sleeping bag, roll up mat, blanket, gas stove, chair, kettle, several mugs, tins of food, cool bag, ammo box full of recovery kit, twenty metres of USB cables and another twenty metres of VGA cable...

Just looking for a long usb cable extention, where did you get it from?
Rob

Get Dave White to make you one.  :lol:  or an online company he uses all the time does them.

[Bishops Finger]

Use those flat metal things on poles at the sides of roads....worked so far...

[landmannnn]

I have a 1950's telephone at home.  It looks good and is sort of comfortable.  If I want make a call I use a cordless of course.

Maps are great, all those coloured lines in bright colours.  All those places I have never been to and never will.  That distance table in back harks back to the era of manual typewriters, wire wheels and diptheria.  Of course if I want to go somewhere new I use my sat nav equipped pda or phone or tablet pc.

[bogie]

I have 3,keep wearing the things out!

[Manicminer]

This is an old thread :shock:

When this thread was active the first time I used a road atlas, now I use a satnav and the road atlas.

[mobi]

i don't carry a map or a sat-nav and i'm a lorry driver, never been lost yet.

[discowoman]

I love the people on the motorways that have the 'man' driving , and the 'little woman' sat in the pasenger seat - who moves her finger along everytime they pas a junction!!!!!
EXCUSE ME - but whats wrong with doing 5 minutes research before you leave home - Get on at Junction Y - off at junction Y - they do have alrger metal thingies at the side of the road - !!!











* sorry bad day*  :lol:

[boogieman]

 
 I always have my road atlas with me but the sat nav has enabled me to get rid of all my A - Zs - working in transport I had a few !!  :lol:

 Sat-nav is the best thing since sliced bread for me. As long as you use it sensibly & learn how to use the features (ie: diverting round a blocked road) & check in the road atlas if you have any doubt about the address you're inputting.

 If you don't like the voice then change it for one you do like - there are hundreds about - or turn it down & just follow the arrow on the screen. I have the volume turned up just enough for me to hear the camera warnings.
 
 Unreliable ? I've had sat-navs for donkeys years & can count the little blips on 2 fingers  :lol:

 They're small enough to pop in your pocket along with your mobile phone if you have to leave the car - I really struggle to be negative about my sat-nav & it sure hasn't made me brainless because I use one.

 So yes - I do carry a road atlas with me  :lol: ;)

[william127]

iv got about 8 maps in my car, a to z, os maps, atlas, a gps, compass and a satnav, use them all at various times.

[AJWB]

I've got a UK road atlas and OS maps for the local area in the Landy. My dad has a satnav and loves it. I'm the sort who hates not knowing where I am, whenever I go on journeys with my dad I follow on the map. We spent the summer driving around France in the caravan, as usual with Dad following the satnav and me following the map. Occasionally he had to make a hard decision- should he follow my advice, or the satnavs? Sometimes I was right, sometime Jane (the satnav) was.

Personally I enjoying looking at the map and planning a journey without relying on technology. The only good use of a satnav IMO is in urban areas. I always get lost in towns I don't know because road atlases aren't detailed enough. I might buy a satnav myself one day for this purpose, but I'll manage for now.

[redhand]

But a satnav is just a map   Albeit an electronic one. what is there not to like about them. the only difference between paper and electronic is possible failure/fuses blowing and the size of the screen.

[squaddie_fox]

[ed: naughty] navs are fine, as long as you dont rely on them completely. i tend to only use mine to tell me roughly how fast i am actually going or to get me to a beneral area. mine will also take me along greenlanes (though i do check them on the OS map) and through some big fords!
used to be fun in the little fiesta. :dance:

[redhand]

[ed: naughty] navs are fine, as long as you dont rely on them completely. i tend to only use mine to tell me roughly how fast i am actually going or to get me to a beneral area. mine will also take me along greenlanes (though i do check them on the OS map) and through some big fords!
used to be fun in the little fiesta. :dance:

I also use mine as a speedo but have the volume turned off & also check my route on a map before setting off then use satnav to confirm I'm on the right road/making the right turn whilst driving.

[bravo669]

im the only one at work who doesnt have a sat nav in the van. i do like them, but find i learn where places are by using my mk1 road atlas. but sat navs are pretty good. ive just bought memory map for me laptop so am finally getting into the ol technology! :shock:

[Saffy]

What's wrong with getting lost once in awhile, adds spice to life. SatNav's have cost this country untold millions in lost revenue because people no longer burn the extra fuel they did whilst being lost/missing junction    :lol:
I don't bother carrying a road atlas, if events dictate that I need one (or an A to Z) I would just buy one from a service station, you can't get *THAT* lost in the UK. After use it will linger and die a horrible damp death as have all the other papar atlas have that I have owned.

[redhand]

What's wrong with getting lost once in awhile, adds spice to life. SatNav's have cost this country untold millions in lost revenue because people no longer burn the extra fuel they did whilst being lost/missing junction    :lol:

Aaah yes but the extra income generated by arriving on time has offset this loss.