5 ms·

>This sounds like a hassle for anyone trying to use navigation systems. That's a key feature. It creates probable cause to pull over a huge chunk of drivers a

>This sounds like a hassle for anyone trying to use navigation systems. That's a key feature. It creates probable cause to pull over a huge chunk of drivers and possibly (at the discretion of the cop/department) rake in some revenue while doing it. Screw the poors and their non-integrated GPS. I'm sure someone will tell you it's about safety but if it didn't also please the pro-revenue crowd and the pro-control crowd it wouldn't get done. There's plenty of ways to be pro-safety that are better bang for your buck. This gets done because the other two groups like it too.

deleted 7y ago
[deleted]
jjulius 7y ago
>Screw the poors and their non-integrated GPS. "The poors" can still use their non-integrated GPS, just in a safe (set your destination before you drive, pull over to adjust) manner. That's what everyone should be doing anyway.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  People who don't drive new enough cars to have integrated GPS buy a suction cup mount for their phone. It's not 2012 anymore, everyone has smartphones, nobody but truckers uses standalone GPS. I know this crowd is too high class to know what it's like but something like using your phone for GPS can be the difference between leaving a fishing stop with a warning or a ticket depending on what kinds of citations the department is trying to prioritize.
  - jjulius 7y ago
    What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter what kind of GPS you're using. Set your destination(s) before you drive, and pull over if you need to adjust them. Telling drivers to do that is not "screw[ing] the poors", as you've suggested.
  - waste_monk 7y ago
    >nobody but truckers uses standalone GPS Here in south australia, if you're on your P1s you cannot use mobile phones in any way while driving, including handsfree and mounted GPS function. I got a Garmin (as a birthday present) which I still use even though I can use my phone now, since it's actually very nice (especially traffic/red light camera warnings, school zone and speed limit change notifications, live traffic, etc.). I'd be heartily in favor of phones being banned from being used as GPS/navigation aids, since it seems most people don't have the self control not to interact with their phones while driving - it would remove it as a distraction and hopefully prevent "opportunistic" phone use.
- AcerbicZero 7y ago
  What evidence is there that pulling over and then re-entering traffic is any less dangerous than adjusting your GPS at a stop light?
  - jjulius 7y ago
    Someone else posted a response to a similar point, higher up in this thread. "They aren’t paying attention and when the light turns green they may either hit a pedestrian as they hurry to move , or not notice the green and be rear ended by a driver who expects them to begin moving."
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    What evidence is there that pulling over and then re-entering traffic is any less dangerous than adjusting your GPS at a stop light? We used to call it "common sense." Though it does not seem to be so common anymore.
  - brokenmachine 7y ago
    You can adjust your GPS at a stop light if the phone is in a cradle. Actually it's still legal to adjust the GPS on your phone while driving, if it's in a cradle.

deleted 7y ago

[deleted]

jjulius 7y ago

>Screw the poors and their non-integrated GPS. "The poors" can still use their non-integrated GPS, just in a safe (set your destination before you drive, pull over to adjust) manner. That's what everyone should be doing anyway.

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
People who don't drive new enough cars to have integrated GPS buy a suction cup mount for their phone. It's not 2012 anymore, everyone has smartphones, nobody but truckers uses standalone GPS. I know this crowd is too high class to know what it's like but something like using your phone for GPS can be the difference between leaving a fishing stop with a warning or a ticket depending on what kinds of citations the department is trying to prioritize.
- jjulius 7y ago
  What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter what kind of GPS you're using. Set your destination(s) before you drive, and pull over if you need to adjust them. Telling drivers to do that is not "screw[ing] the poors", as you've suggested.
- waste_monk 7y ago
  >nobody but truckers uses standalone GPS Here in south australia, if you're on your P1s you cannot use mobile phones in any way while driving, including handsfree and mounted GPS function. I got a Garmin (as a birthday present) which I still use even though I can use my phone now, since it's actually very nice (especially traffic/red light camera warnings, school zone and speed limit change notifications, live traffic, etc.). I'd be heartily in favor of phones being banned from being used as GPS/navigation aids, since it seems most people don't have the self control not to interact with their phones while driving - it would remove it as a distraction and hopefully prevent "opportunistic" phone use.
AcerbicZero 7y ago
What evidence is there that pulling over and then re-entering traffic is any less dangerous than adjusting your GPS at a stop light?
- jjulius 7y ago
  Someone else posted a response to a similar point, higher up in this thread. "They aren’t paying attention and when the light turns green they may either hit a pedestrian as they hurry to move , or not notice the green and be rear ended by a driver who expects them to begin moving."
- reaperducer 7y ago
  What evidence is there that pulling over and then re-entering traffic is any less dangerous than adjusting your GPS at a stop light? We used to call it "common sense." Though it does not seem to be so common anymore.
- brokenmachine 7y ago
  You can adjust your GPS at a stop light if the phone is in a cradle. Actually it's still legal to adjust the GPS on your phone while driving, if it's in a cradle.