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 Topic: Driving with satnav can cause blindness to other hazards |
nickhoare
Replies: 14
Views: 9206
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 Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:24 am Subject: Driving with satnav can cause blindness to other hazards |
You are far more likely to stop to read a map.
But then you have to retain a mental image of the route shown on the map, whereas with satnav you know you'll get spoken directions as you approach a tu ... |
| Topic: TomTom - Third party POI alerts are no more |
nickhoare
Replies: 172
Views: 85993
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:39 pm Subject: Simple Table of Sat-Navs with capabilities |
| I am with chipmonk. I have looked on this site but found it hard to look through reviews to make any judgement. Once or twice I carefully read a review only to see that it was for a 2003 device! IF ... |
| Topic: Google - Ipswich to Newcastle via Holland?? |
nickhoare
Replies: 13
Views: 12506
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:33 pm Subject: Mappoint does it too |
| I use Mappoint (Autoroute) professionally and it does the same thing from time to time. From one street in Dover, to get to Ipswich it insists on taking the ferry to Calais, a quick spurt up the coast ... |
| Topic: Nokia announce FREE OVI Maps for all |
nickhoare
Replies: 68
Views: 39497
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:08 pm Subject: Nokia announce FREE OVI Maps for all |
| stefanoza, I don't know where you get your information from but downloading the maps is only not free in regards to data charges, if you don't simply hook the phone up to a computer and download them ... |
| Topic: Red flashing speed warning irritation in TT6 |
nickhoare
Replies: 9
Views: 4019
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:45 pm Subject: Red flashing speed warning irritation in TT6 |
| Are there any nice 3rd party utilities which will display my speed? I don't think Checkpoint does. and anyway I am on WM5 so don't want anything that slows response to a crawl. |
| Topic: Red flashing speed warning irritation in TT6 |
nickhoare
Replies: 9
Views: 4019
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:20 pm Subject: Red flashing speed warning irritation in TT6 |
Is there any way to turn this off? It is :-
a) Distracting.
b) I can no longer read what speed it says I'm doing (red on blue is not good contrast) just when I need it most.
c) It flashes on motor ... |
| Topic: Warning sounds at different distances in Tomtom speed camera |
nickhoare
Replies: 7
Views: 3103
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:48 pm Subject: Use a POI Warner |
| Have a look at POI Warners like CheckPoint, reviewed on this site (free! see http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl/). You can set up first warnings, a speed warning and a last warning in CheckPoint. The ... |
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