GPS might NOT be for everyone....

[SilverRhino]

Even GPS cannot account for everything...or everyone!

http://tv.gawker.com/5498607/the-simpsons-showcase-the-disastrous-possibilities-of-gps-navigation

 

[Ray LeTourneau]

Ah Yes! Another reason to add to the list of why I never started watching that show. No offense intended Randy...

 

[jbeletti]

Too funny Randy and so true. More than once I have had a GPS route me down residential streets I wished that it hadn't. Many a time I second guess the machine and many times, I am right But not always - doh!

 

[CPE]

I have seen several GPS units for trucks;supposedly they route yu on known big truck routes. Several companies list them;their stock or part numbers start with "T"'

 

[rick_debbie_gallant]

I think you can change the preferences on how you are routed. Not sure it that would help.

 

[Bobby A]

Thanks for the laugh !! so true though, my Garmin has never failed me when I'm lost, it WILL get you to where your going EVENTUALLY and maybe the round aboutway. I guess Garmin has a new one for truckers but the last feed back I read was that it still needed some software work so I didn't buy it, maybe some other manufactures have better results. I'll stick with my Garmin 855T for now.

 

[jnbhobe]

My Street Pilot 2620 will let me choose between offroad, car, and truck modes

 

[Tankie]

How is the truck software on the Street Pilot?

 

[jnbhobe]

How is the truck software on the Street Pilot?

It has never taken me somewhere I could not fit. It has taken me on a dirt road but nothing I couldn't navigate. I usually don't program the GPS until I am close to where I am going

 

[Thedonald]

Even GPS cannot account for everything...or everyone!

http://tv.gawker.com/5498607/the-simpsons-showcase-the-disastrous-possibilities-of-gps-navigation

I know there are always issues about any new technology, but I will tell you that my Garmin has gotten me out of more trouble than into trouble. Yes it took me downtown Charleston SC with a 5th wheel and I had to do some fancy driving to get out, but when I told it to get me out it did. It turns out that if any GPS system doesn't know the exact street address in a city it will route you to the center of the city. Boy did I learn that the hard way, but now that I know that I have not had a problem. Good Luck!!!!