Do you operate your GPS while driving?

[yhelothar]

Do you?

 

[Throckmorton]

Yes, when else would you operate it?


BTW your second choice makes no sense

 

[yhelothar]

Yes, when else would you operate it?


BTW your second choice makes no sense

Yeah, I noticed that. When I was typing the poll options, I thought I asked, "Do you stop to use your GPS."

So it should say, Yes, ain't nobody got time to stop.

You would pull over to operate it... so you don't get distracted while driving. You might run over a pedestrian randomly crossing the road! Some places have crosswalks with no stop signs or yield lights.

 

[RichieZ]

yes, i hacked my pioneer nav so I can use it while moving

 

[yhelothar]

There might be crosswalks out there like this one... where the yield signs are blended in with the trees and there's no stopsigns or lights. If you look down to use your GPS for a few seconds, you might not see a pedestrian
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&...d=VD-ha-mU0AfsED2gUxfGNw&cbp=12,11.75,,0,4.27

 

[TallBill]

I use Google maps navigation with voice commands. Works fine.

 

[yhelothar]

http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/03/2...-that-crosswalks-make-streets-more-dangerous/

This video said a traffic engineer told them "extra caution is more effective in reducing the accident potential than marked lines and signs, which offer no real protection against an oncoming vehicle."

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Baked]

I use Navigation on Android phone. Works great.

 

[Mixolydian]

I'm a man, I don't have a GPS cause I don't need no stinkin' directions!

 

[TallBill]

I'm a man, I don't have a GPS cause I don't need no stinkin' directions!

I have an odd gap in my brain function. I'm one of the best map readers around, always finished at the front of army land navigation courses. But I can drive the same route 50 times and get lost the next trip. And I never have a bearing.

Frustrates the hell out of people when I look up common places. Really weird and I've tried several methods to improve with zero success.

 

[bruceb]

I try not to change settings while in motion. If needed, wait to do it at a traffic light or pull over.

 

[Vic Vega]

My OEM in-dash GPS has no restrictions on operation while the vehicle is moving, so yes, I manipulate it while driving.

 

[Kaido]

The new models take voice commands:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=449&pID=121762

Pretty cool, although it'd be great if Siri could integrate with Google Maps

 

[Baked]

I have an odd gap in my brain function. I'm one of the best map readers around, always finished at the front of army land navigation courses. But I can drive the same route 50 times and get lost the next trip. And I never have a bearing.

Frustrates the hell out of people when I look up common places. Really weird and I've tried several methods to improve with zero success.

*gasp* Funny how the human brain works. I only need to go to a place one time and will remember how to get there forever without a map or directions. I don't even read the signs on the highway or streets on subsequent visits. The problem with that though is if somebody asks me for direction, I couldn't tell them because I don't know what the street names are.

I only use the GPS if I'm going to some new place I've never been before.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

iDrive is super easy to change while driving with the mouse, you dont even need to look at the screen if youve memorized the sequence of what to do.

 

[amdhunter]

The new models take voice commands:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=449&pID=121762

Pretty cool, although it'd be great if Siri could integrate with Google Maps

lol, people still buy these things?
And yea, although I try to minimize the act, I do futz with my navi on occasion.

 

[DaTT]

yes, i hacked my pioneer nav so I can use it while moving

By "hacked" do you mean grounded the wire that you are supposed to attach to the parking brake? I did that too on my Kenwood.

 

[DaTT]

Also, I chose "yes" in the poll option but I typically try to set it before moving, but have been know to adjust it on the fly from time to time.

 

[TallBill]

*gasp* Funny how the human brain works. I only need to go to a place one time and will remember how to get there forever without a map or directions. I don't even read the signs on the highway or streets on subsequent visits. The problem with that though is if somebody asks me for direction, I couldn't tell them because I don't know what the street names are.

I only use the GPS if I'm going to some new place I've never been before.

Yeah its really odd. I can track landmarks, memorize turns, memorize overhead routes on maps and I still drive around like an idiot.

 

[dbk]

I usually look up directions on my phone before i start driving.. find it too distracting. I don't own a GPS.

 

[waggy]

*gasp* Funny how the human brain works. I only need to go to a place one time and will remember how to get there forever without a map or directions. I don't even read the signs on the highway or streets on subsequent visits. The problem with that though is if somebody asks me for direction, I couldn't tell them because I don't know what the street names are.

I only use the GPS if I'm going to some new place I've never been before.

I'm the same way. i remember the rout and area i can't tell you what roads i take though.