RE: Thieves target satnavs
Discussion
mybrainhurts said:
although i never seem to bother with the road angel as its a pointless thing to steal because after 1 phonecall its usless
Now I'm confused....
After the phone call, what do they do....?
Turn off the satellites.....?
The unit wont update when plugged into a pc and i think the database gets wiped off , so you are left with a pointless box
t1grm said:
Strange, I've never felt the need to buy these contraptions. Call me old fashioned but I've always found the £1.99 map from a garage perfectly adequate. Given that most people make the same journey every day I've always felt these are just "gadgets" that people want becasue they're the latest thing.
I'm sure they'll be many who may disagree?
Fair enough if you do but, plenty of people have to make lots of one off journeys. A map is fine for route planning in advance but where these devices really come into their own is when you’re trying to find a particular street in a town you don’t know. It’s not easy to find a safe place to stop in a town centre, find the nearest street name, identify that street on a map (assuming you have a map with street level detail for a town you’ve never visited) and then work out a route to the street you want to get to. IME you may have to reiterate the aforementioned sequence several times before you actually get to your final destination. Satnav talks you to the door (right down to house numbers) without you having to stop or take your eyes off the road.
It's hard work, and probably a bit dangerous, but as long as I've worked out where I'm going beforehand, I can do straight lines through London with and A-Z.
I don't have enough hands to smoke as well though!
The A5 format is great because you can hold it in your left hand whilst changing gear!
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