Navigo/MCP200 GPS Navigation Issue

I did start out after GPS, but did not have one when I first started.

 

LOL what makes you think the restrictions are worse now? You grab your motor carrier atlas, figure out a truck legal route from city to city, and once at the city you use customer directions from the main highway.

 

Our trucks run the mcp200 and although there is an option for training to use the unit (little videos I guess) and it shows how to use the nav feature that option is grayed out. Does that mean it isn't installed or is just inaccessible. I prefer to use individual state maps or my rand McNally atlas but was curious about that.

 

Isn't installed/active. It costs the company like $15/month

 

When I ran for Werner (not proud of it lol) I didn't have a gps or smart phone. I ran with Map book and they're god awful QC directions that were usually wrong and never updated if you sent a change in to help other drivers. Have the QC mcp200 now and I use my tnd720 along with it to make sure I'm headed the right way. Still got a map book for backup

 

I started out 5 years ago without gps. Just looking out the window and reading signs were good enough. Sometimes my navigo can't connect. figure out which direction I need to go and roll out till it fix itself.

 

Makes sense I am old school don't like gps units would prefer reading road signs or pulling out the maps. I like the atlas that are just for one state and have each county on separate pages, shows all the little roads (really handy in the oil patch) of course there are pages detailing the major cities as well so it works out but at an average of $20 a pop you would be out some serious cash if you run a lot of states. The only thing I ever found a gps useful for was at a former job prior to driving trucks, I was sent out to an electric substation but the map didn't show road names but had coordinates on it plugged those in and ended up ten feet from the gate of the station. Of course now with a smart phone and Google maps you can do the same thing.