Turned the GPS off.

i used to run local in MI...whcih required occ. trip to ontario (canada)...i dont speak french..nor use a gps...i made it ok...lol diff strokes...for diff folks

 

Ontario is easy. A blind and dumb person can read their signs.

Once you cross into Quebec, the signs are ONLY in French.

Like you said.

Different strokes.

But, if you have not been there, you cannot understand.

 

i have been...even have pics to prove it...wasnt being rude...altho seems thats your response

i just simply dont believe in using a gps....some folks cant seem to manage without one....

 

I turn the sound off on mine.. Mostly just use it to check distances to things.

But I do use its features more fully when bouncing around bigger cities I'm unfamiliar with.

 

Not rude.

Just two trips into that area without one and 6 with one. Much less stress. Especially at night.

Seems Montreal does not like to publish good maps for distribution.

I choose to not return to that area of the map if I can avoid it.

By the way.

I have the gps and do not follow it verbatim. But when trying to read the signs in french, it makes it much better to see them on the screen.

Besides, you clearly stated Ontario, not Quebec.

 

i know back when i started driving, they didnt have them...heck not even cell phones. just never got one when they came out with them. was used to doin it the old way..map, and a phone call..FROM A PAY phone EVEN...LOL...the shock of it all....some of these kids prob never even used a pay phone...

 

Same here.

Scribble this. Drive real slow trying to read signs in traffic.

Was one of the reasons I went to the docks in the night.

Try to find a pay phone anymore.

 

thats true too (pay phones)....have a cell now...but didnt in 91...however dont have a smart phone or any of those fancy ones...just a simple cell phone....

going to cook dinner...y'all be safe

 

Signs in French are not that hard to read or understand. Just a few words that you can recognize after a few repetitions. Droit, sud, sortie etc...not that hard and thats pretty much all you need to drive around there. And a working metric system such as how high a bridge is.