Giving up on Dezl 770, going with Co-Pilot “Truck”

Never claimed GPS units were the only tool I ever used. Just one of many that are part of my trip planning process.

But the national database thing goes out the window with Garmin when it's claiming a low bridge 12'6" on I95S(but not north). When there isn't even a bridge there at all.

 

Mine, Dezl goes wonky at times with the overpasses. I set my truck as bobtail and 13' tall. That removed some of the silliness, but it still acts up now and then. Mainly I use it for the speedometer and traffic functions. Routing is hit and miss here in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Google Maps is still what I use if going to someplace I have not been. One thing that I have noticed, on the Garmain, is that if I take a certain route and it wants me to go another, it tends to stick with that route, like it is learning. I'm running a dedicated run at the moment, so it has been easy to observe that. I'll keep my Garmin, it does what I expect it to do, and I've been out here long enough to know better.

 

Been using garmin for a while in all the trucks but lately there have been some odd issues. Tested out cheap android tablets and got Ohio officer who didn't agree with the placement of it, wrote a nasty ticket (don't remember what it was) and made the driver take the tablet and put it in the sleeper. It came out as soon as he hit the next rest area.

 

I saw a recent news posting about an immediate change to relax these rules to more practical limits (GPS devices in the windshield) but now I can’t find it. I assumed someone would post it later that day in Regulations section but it didn’t happen.

Anyway it made many of the locations in use today that might be considered “unlawful”, now okay.

 

Appreciate the input on Co-Pilot.
My Diezl 770 has quirks. Will even lie to me to take its preferred route. Give me false warning of “no trucks” or “18 ton bridge”. Even when I’ve taken that route before with no problem. An irritating one is to tell me to get off the freeway. Take a scenic route to a truck stop on the freeway. It did it right the first time?
Been open to a good alternative or double check. Hoping Co-Pilot will work. Google maps treats me like a car.

 

Great advice Hurst

 

Garmin has some very irritating problems. I really don't trust it anymore. I have called in over 15 map corrections. The worst was trying to get over to Lexington from Etown. It wanted me to go up to Louisville instead of just using the Blue Grass Parkway. One trip I just said screw it and went that way. Turns out it had a glitch in it and thought the bridges would only support 20 tons. Turns out that was for box vans. Coming out of Atlanta on 75 north it always wants me to take the Windy Hill exit for whatever reason. It has some real problems with unknown roads. It tried to route me through Lebanon and make some impossible turns instead of going to the next exit that leads right into the industrial park. The last update was flawed, and it actually made problems worse. Not sure if it's fixed.

 

You can also select routing and it will display 3 different routes just like Google maps. Just recently learned it did this. It takes a while to learn all the features.