Does anyone get lost?

I haven't been steered wrong by one yet and have actually saved some time with their help!...Trust, but verify!

 

Gps as a last resort "IF YOU HAVE ONE", if your just starting out, don't go spending $$$ you don't have. Is it nice to have,* i'm sure it probably is* I still don't own a gps. I do have a laptop with "streets & trips" on it. I'll run my trip on that,but I'll still call for directions if it's a new place to me. See the things I put in Bold above, Gps is not way up on the list & can still you into trouble!

 

GPS in jersy, new york, pittsburgh suck... even pc miler.. use your brain..dont turn where you have a gut feeling it is wrong.. my gps always tells me when hitting 100 off pa tp.. to turn right "which is north" to go to aston pa.. "which is south" lol

 

I don't own a gps.....I prefer to do it old school...maps, atlas and phone calls....then I back up my in city direction using map quest ad google earth......I like the feature they have where you can actually see the area you are going into....it's saved me some pain

 

The only thing I don't like about your post is..."OLD SCHOOL", I resemble this remark. I just wish there was something else we could call it. Makes me sound...Heres that word again, "OLD",,,

 

I never get lost.... they just sometimes move the streets around on me.

I've found the city street maps that you can pick up for free at the State rest areas are better than the ones in any atlas or pay for at a truckstop.

 

Do I get lost? Oh yeah!

Instructions to a destination that include stuff like go to the third red light, turn right - are just wunnerful - especially when some yukk sticks an extra traffic light in there at some road that dead-ends.

Really great road signage... can't see-em street sign names, no sign at all on exit ramps. Signs so close and hidden to an exit ramp, you don't know its there until you go whizzin' by.

It's all part of a trucker's day - but we manage to get there. Good truckers deal with all of that. Great truckers manage to do that and get there on time.

When you're off-route and blundering around, make sure you're watching for "No Trucks," "Weight Limit" signs that are below where you're at, and especially the "Low Clearance" sign with a number less than you're height. That'll get you a special mention around here - delivering a bridge while taking your truck to the barbershop!

So here I am, blundering around at 3 AM, and I've got about half an hour to an unload appointment. It's dark. It's foggy. No c.r.a.p. its foggy! I can't even see across the road, and I've just come down a mountain to an interstate. It's so #### foggy, I have to get out to walk around just to find the sign pointing out the ramps - and still have no idea where I'm at. Hope I can find my way back to the truck, its so foggy!!! Some guy rolls on by on the interstate, sees my marker lights... on channel 19... "Hey, ya lost??" You betcha. Gave me some great instructions to get me where I'm going.

Thanks Bro!