ESTES Express (5 Year Review)

I heard a few years Google bought waze and we’re supposed to merge the two together, I’ve been retired a little over a year, so I don’t know if they’ve done anything yet or not

 

I’m not saying you should or shouldn’t buy one, I wouldn’t buy one myself. I never had a problem with waze and Google maps. You type in your destination and it tells you the best route and the mileage that you have left to your destination.

it also shows the back ups or road closures on your route.

 

Do you mean routes trucks aren’t allowed on?
The company I worked for routed us, but I would go the best route for me. They never really said anything about going out of route and if it was OOR for an accident or road closure I would call in and get paid for the extra miles to go around.

 

Using a trucker GPS to set it and forget it is arguably worse than properly trip planning with Google Maps. I'll set it up and check satellite view and street view as needed to make sure it's a good, common sense route. Sometimes I need to drop a pin along the route to make sure it stays on the roads I need to stay on.

My company has a GPS built in to the ELD and I can't use it without it trying to send me down residential roads with posted no truck signs, or weight restricted bridges. It also doesn't have common sense, sending me down routes that are technically truck legal, but involve nightmarishly tight turns.