What exactly is navigo??

no gps. just a "dumb" phone ,Zebra pen and paper, truckers atlas.

if you can't read a map and have a poor sense of directions....... well, never mind.

 

I have GPS, and a cell phone. What are the chances that my GPS will fail AND my iphone map will fail on the same day. I havent owned a paper map in 10 years and I have not been lost since.
What happens when this rookie gets off the freeway in any town America and needs to find 1234 Anystreet? Does he need to carry a city map for every single little town in America?
Get a GPS and leave the paper map in your grandpas Crackerbox GMC Jimmy.

 

NAVIGO is a qualcomm gps program. Its not that good. Our company says its under trial and needs feedback, IE: don't follow it blindly. We map out our route and just use the navigo if it picks the same exact route. Hasn't sent us under any low clearance bridges or no truck routes ... but plenty of times its tried to send us down a wrong road and had our location waaaay off.

As others said, don't rely on a gps. "Rand Mcnally told me to turn here!" Is not a viable excuse as to why you hit a low bridge. Also, even on company directions, follow them with caution as they aren't 100% correct. You'll see most carriers tell you that the company directions is a "suggested" route. IE: If its wrong, its still your ###.

When others say GPS is an amazing tool, its really just that. Turn by turn directions, approx mileage to each turn, and a minimap current to your location riding along with you, ETAs, weight stations, etc. But they aren't perfect, they have and will send you through a low bridge or a truck restricted zone. And I guarantee they aren't going to pay the ticket/tow bill

 

The good ole map book is for us old school outlaws. Lol. But if you want to get gps go with garmin they are the best. Make sure thuogh it has the truck routing capability, because some garmis do not. Tom tom does not have truck capability. On any of their gps devices.

 

Google app on phone works great, saved us many times. I always have my map available. But google or GPS will show you exactly where you are, and very apt on estimating arival time. Being able to use both is key. Not having a hard copy map is bad, and not being able to use technology is bad. We use google the most just to see whats around to walk to, you can't do that in an Atlas.

You will get jumped on in here, people telling you things you never said. I have a GPS (Garmin is best IMHO), but I do not RELY on it. It's a guide, not the Bible. Just because you have one doesn't mean you don't have a brain. Most of the time it gets ignored. Nothing beats picking up the phone and asking for directions!

 

Well you are one strike down iPhone maps yuck. Back in the day when need directions to a customer we used this thing called a pay phone and calling card or quarters.(every hear of them) a napkin to write those directions down. Those where the days. I also agree go with Garmin they know there ####

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Back in the day, they didn't have fridges, microwaves, cell phones, etc... either. I will not give those up. Good luck finding a pay phone now. You could also call somewhere and get a human on the other end. Times change. If you do not, you will be left behind. You are on the internet now! They didn't have that either. And i'm older than you.

(Didn't mean to jump on you, get so tired of hearing "back in the day". Back in the day you couldn't blab over technology. I can't even go into bars by truckstops because of the awful fish stories about back in the day, especially out of people who couldn't have possibly been behind the wheel for that long. Worse are the old guys who complain about every little thing when they have the technology and wont use it.)

 

i have the 465 truck model and a backup gps from my car i take out too as well as the smart phone and an atlas. havent had any problems yet except the one time i tried to use the navigo crap lol

 

Maps can only do so much. They don't tell you about restricted streets and such. Use all the tools you can. Google maps is helpful, along with the map, gps, and calling always helps. Sometimes though the people you talk to are clueless how the truck come in and out of places. Double check double check, and use common sense when things don't seem right.