Is It Possible To Drive Without A Computer, Without A Cell Phone, & Without A GPS - Like Years Ago?

It's very simple, but you better take your radio out of the dash as well.

 

I get where you're coming from, but honestly I find the idea stupid. Almost as stupid as the steering wheel holders who don't know how to function without technology. The items are all tools, and the more tools you have the better you are, so long as you understand the limitation of those tools.

GPS - awesome, but it may not have accurate information about low bridges, seasonal road closures, or proper truck routes (even the truck GPS).

MOTOR CARRIERS ATLAS - it's going to give you the numbers to call for permits if needed, show where your scales and port of entries are, and will also list roads with seasonal closures. The downside, it takes a while to get really good at estimating your mileage.

Computer - you can get some up to date information for weather that your radio won't have, helps with trip planning more accurately.

Phone - road support, calling customers, think all the uses are fairly easily understood

CB- I don't carry one anymore, found it to be a waste 99% of the time. That 1% it might have been useful, I turned it off, because I got tired of the obscenities and the ignorance.

 

Years ago there were pay phones everywhere now you won't find any except maybe a rest area so I would say a cell phone is vital.But all the GPS has done is make ppl lazy with looking at a map and reading signs.I bet most the new drivers don't even know how to read an understand an atlas.

 

Of course it's possible.

 

Payphones still exist.. And some still have dial tones.

 

I don't even own an Atlas, just use Google maps lol

 

Do you know how difficult it is to find a pay phone?

 

Shifty for directions sometimes, but I love being able to zoom in on a location and get a heads up of what to expect.