It asks me to pick a profile, shows a picture of a semi van combination vehicle with the default dimensions and weight. I pick that
Unsafe GPS Truck Route Garmin Dezl
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Labrador, Dec 8, 2023.
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About 10 years ago I was running line haul for Estes. At times I would get in early and city dispatch would send me out to pick up a trailer. They would give me a hard copy printed from MapQuest. Usually down non-truck routes. You would think that the guys that dispatch for the CITY would at least look at the map and say "oops, cant do that", but nope.
Theres a reason they call empty trailers a "full load of dispatchers brains". Why would you think a GPS would be better?MACK E-6, Gearjammin' Penguin and Labrador Thank this. -
As a fuel hauler in north Florida, south Georgia....and Alabama....I have used "them all": the Rand McNally Trucker's Atlas, a Garmin Dezl GPS, Google Maps & its street/satellite views, & also TruckerPath -- with (as you would expect) excellent results.
Since fuel offers a fairly narrow margin for error-- I felt quite justified in doing such.
Each of the above brings some neat advantages to the hunt -- so I used them all (as appropriate)....without any hesitation.
"Don't you just love it when a plan comes together"
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I think that with so much of the industry being occupied with VERY recent students, and almost all of them 100% dependent on Google, they are in a bad condition to supervise or professionally use a GPS. The bad situations are self-induced AND GPS directed. They don't know what they don't know and blame the GPS.4wayflashers, Labrador and Bud A. Thank this. -
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Gee officer, my GPS said I could use this road, and its the most up to date......
Thank you for the ticket officer, have a nice day.
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I don’t even own a GPS or an Atlas ..heck I didn’t even know they still made them. I’ve been using google maps and common sense for almost 10 years.
But ima buy me an Atlas now that I know they have em, I could definitely see the benefit of having it. -
New theory for random truckstop conversing: Your GPS is not ignorant about low bridges - it had its software replaced with one of those fancy new "AI" systems which operate by rehashing identifiable patterns in text downloaded off the Internet, and therefore thinks you might be a steering-wheel holder with a load of explosives, and that you might take out the bridge if routed under it - potentially resulting in substantially improved outcomes in the future when selecting paths through the area.
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