Rookie drivers: Buy and study and atlas!

The GPS is nice to confirm what you already mapped out and give you a heads up on upcoming streets you have to turn on. Plus its nice to have that ETA there in the corner. There are times when you are glad you have it.

 

I don't when I was riding with a trainer, we pickup a preloaded trlr in

Richmond,IN PETFOOD/ scaled it @ the loves their on I-70 and a older guy

Probably in his late 40's or early to mid 50's anyway mind you I still in training

Comes up too me with his bills and an atlas an says man I can't find this place

Can you help so I tried for like 15minutes too help couldn't find it.

He was in Richmond,IN the load deliverd in Hanging Rock,OH

I finally found it yrs. Later not on the day I tried too help him we had too leave too make a appt.

But that hanging rock,oh is was over on the southeast side of ohio well over 150miles away

Its over by the tri state are along the ohio river Its north an west a little of this town in kentucky

I-64 runs thru it Huntington, or huntingdon can't remember name rite now butt its the first town

With truckstops once you get into when heading west on I-64 outta of W.Virigina

So its way the hell away from where dude was I told dude we had too go that day an told him

You need too call the place or your company or your dispatcher so you know it ain't

Just the young newbees who need 2 learn how an read an atlas an learn how an

Preplan your trips and routes an stops an pickups and deliveries

 

I sure wish I had your english teacher when I was in school.

 

I love my GPS (RM510) but I always check my route by my dispatched route suggestions, fuel stops, and customer directions. Generally I can make the GPS match all three. I, also like the ETA and miles to go feature of the GPS. Really comes in handy when coming up on a huge traffic backup and needing to find a quick detour.

 

I like my GPS about 90% of the time. I wouldn't be able to complete my route on time if I had to pre-plan every stop I make in a day. Most of the time, receivers will know if GPS will bring you in. When I drove OTR, most days my only stops were truck stops and rest areas. My current job, I usually have between 3-6 drops a day and have to cover 500 miles and up and deliver during business hours. My atlas doesn't get used near as much as it used to.

 

Trouble is the maps now a days are getting such small print, due to many streets trying to be around a city, I would get my pre plan, put it in my GPS, then look at the Atlas and compare to what its saying, also helps to find the place on the map...
With a RM its generally close....Always double check, save your time troubles and time

 

You can if your a democrat cause I ate the teacher when I went too

School an now they are all dead

 

Tu desde de Cuidad ? Carmen San Diego,CA!

I wood putt it N spanglish butt!!!

Mi usted unico inglesh!:smt017

 

Wow.

You make truckers appear almost intelligent.
Keep up the good work.

 

If GPS crashes (sunspots, space debris- or- who knows what) NooB's can't go ANYWHERE. drivers that live a short distance from home can't get home or to work because they're used to talking on the phones or texting while the navigation unit says "TURN RIGHT HERE". "TURN LEFT HERE".

Imagine- drivers of all nine classes of vehicles completely lost- drivers who have never noticed a road sign in their life- drivers who have never cared or known what a street sign was actually for- who have never driven from point A to B without an electronic gadget guiding them- lost, confused, scared... can you imagine the gridlock?

I never thought about this until a young driver asked me to help him use a payphone in a truckstop. He had never used one- didn't know what a dialtone was, and didn't understand how to use it.

Turn off GPS for a day and you switch off big Brother. A whole generation of human beings will be left to think for themselves and for the first time in their lives will have to put phones down and actually read instructions from traffic signs while driving.

I'm betting that's the day a lot of people realize that the letters and numbers on all those signs actually do something.

"Like OMG, like, did you see that? The name on that sign is just like the name of our street! Like, how long has that been there?"