john in la
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Now I see why some drivers have problems getting to their destination.
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J Hamilton
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Yeah, especially if they follow what their GPS says to do lol
Billy Shafer
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Nothing beats a good road map. Never did trust GPS. Saw too many wrong directions given out.
Texasmark1
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Agree. Waste of their time and resources.
J Hamilton
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Especially if it doesn't list the truck route and wants go to take an exit with a 12' clearance and you know your trailer is 13'6"
kcm.MN
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I always try to look up my route online before heading to an unfamiliar area. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a mapping program that will let ME choose the route I wish to take. There's always options, but also always inclusions that just won't work.
One time I was told to go the wrong way down a 1-way road. ....A very BUSY road!! *lol*
One time I was told to go the wrong way down a 1-way road. ....A very BUSY road!! *lol*
kcm.MN
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Forgot to mention, the reason I like looking up on Google Earth is, I can zoom in to see specific exit ramps, intersections, etc.
I use Copilot GPS on my tablet. I can set an endpoint and let it choose the route with a couple alternate choices or I can add in several waypoints that set the route I want to take. If I just have an endpoint set and get tired of the road I am on, I make a turn and usually in a very short time it will choose a new route to the endpoint. On of the nice features for me is the lane guidance. On the interstate there is an intersection ahead. It shows what that intersection looks like so I can be in the correct lane for where I am going and it does so in plenty of time for me to make lane changes. It works on smartphones too.
jimg.allentown
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Yes, there are GPS systems made for commercial vehicles. They include low clearances and weight limited roads. The drawback is that they are quite expensive. Quite a bit more than the consumer grade ones that are more for cars and vans.
I got around for at least 10 years on a consumer grade GPS in a big truck, and had no problems. The one ingredient that many drivers are missing is common sense. It is not just a simple matter of following the instructions that the GPS gives you. you need to be able to look at the road that it is telling you to turn onto and ask yourself the big question - does this look like a road that I should be on or not?
When you see a sign that says "low clearance 1000 feet," they really mean it! So, even if the GPS says to go there, you don't! You start looking for an alternate route.
I got around for at least 10 years on a consumer grade GPS in a big truck, and had no problems. The one ingredient that many drivers are missing is common sense. It is not just a simple matter of following the instructions that the GPS gives you. you need to be able to look at the road that it is telling you to turn onto and ask yourself the big question - does this look like a road that I should be on or not?
When you see a sign that says "low clearance 1000 feet," they really mean it! So, even if the GPS says to go there, you don't! You start looking for an alternate route.
Reminds me of a true story: The dealership where I worked at the time was at the edge of town, so lots of truckers would stop in to get their bearings. Guy wheels in late one Friday afternoon; asks directions to a business. I hadn't heard of it, so we consulted the Old-Timer. He hadn't either, and nothing in the phone book.
By now Mr. Super Trucker is getting impatient with us (go figure) and, hands on hips, says sarcastically, "Well this IS Decatur, isn't it?!" Me: "Umm, No- this is Dekalb..."
By now Mr. Super Trucker is getting impatient with us (go figure) and, hands on hips, says sarcastically, "Well this IS Decatur, isn't it?!" Me: "Umm, No- this is Dekalb..."
J Hamilton
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We shot that tunnel at 110 like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen, took that top row of chickens off slicker than scum off a Louisiana swamp
Had a driver take a route up the county road I live on then ended up high centered on the railroad that runs adjacent to the state highway north of me. Since he was trying to beat a deadline he tried to cross instead of backing up about 1/4 mile and rerouting to the highway he should have been on to start with.
They got him drug off of the crossing before the train got there.
His GPS routing sent him that way. Heck of it is.. he was on the highway he needed to be on to start with but it jogs west 1 mile but he had to leave that road, go east 1 mile to get to my road.
My wife was outside when he went by and wondered where he was going in such a hurry.
caterpillar guy
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I guess I did it wrong all those years. I just called the shipper and consignee for directions then with a Rand-McNally drove there. Worked for me without bridge problems. Though over height loads did add another dimension to it all. Permits can be less than good like in MI they just issue the permit and you better know the route or hope for the best.
I never have owned a GPS yet and don't plan on it except for field guidance spraying and spreading fertilizer.
I never have owned a GPS yet and don't plan on it except for field guidance spraying and spreading fertilizer.
steve in ok
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BarnyardEngineering
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Seems most here think that because you have a GPS, you must mindlessly follow it or the GPS Police will come and arrest you...
Mindlessly following the GPS is the DRIVER'S problem, not the GPS.
The GPS can only go by the data it has, and when what it tells you makes no sense, you have to wake up and say, "Hey! That makes no sense!" not drive off into a ravine just because the GPS told you to.
Driver training needs to be better too. Nowadays if you can find the long skinny pedal, the short fat pedal, and the "D" on the shifter, you're a Billy Big Rigger.
Mindlessly following the GPS is the DRIVER'S problem, not the GPS.
The GPS can only go by the data it has, and when what it tells you makes no sense, you have to wake up and say, "Hey! That makes no sense!" not drive off into a ravine just because the GPS told you to.
Driver training needs to be better too. Nowadays if you can find the long skinny pedal, the short fat pedal, and the "D" on the shifter, you're a Billy Big Rigger.
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