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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;old scummy, post: 5110003, member: 110468&quot;]Try running a load into Brooklyn or Chicago using only a map and whatever knowledge you can bum off of other drivers. That&#039;s old school.</p><p><br /></p><p>I missed a turn today. I came to a stop and pulled up google maps satellite to see if and where I could turn around and I&#039;m glad I did because all but one option would have put me in it. They didn&#039;t have orbiting satellites to rescue them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same goes for breakdowns. If you don&#039;t have a cell phone how are you going to call the company? No Qualcomm no nothing. What then? You better hope somebody stops to help. </p><p><br /></p><p>My truck tells me when I have a slight deviation in tire pressure.&nbsp; It warns me to the possibility of ice. I have a GPS system that warns me when I&#039;m about to get into some wind and a phone that will report traffic conditions anywhere on earth. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I think of old school I don&#039;t think of drivers in the 1970&#039;s but dudes who cut their teeth 10 years ago. We have it easy. Today I spent 9 hrs holding a steering while computers monitored the truck and made sure I didn&#039;t miss a turn. </p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine not knowing which truck stops have Popeyes and pull through parking. What would we do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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