Do you use a GPS when driving?

Oh my god. I cannot stand those things. I much prefer to use my good old street directory. I have got so lost a few times with a GPS.

by Cookielicious

I'm hearing you.
My family gave me one...it lasted 1 week in my car, and it was no more!
''turn left at the next exit''? Yeah! right....

Yes. I don't even own a map book anymore. I have a Tom Tom and it goes everywhere with me in case I need to go somewhere I don't know the way to. I absolutely love it. I dread the day the network is down and I'm stuck somewhere and don't know my way - it has definitely made me a lazy navigator.

by Sarah Bell

I wouldn't leave home without it. I have terrible sense of direction, so it's always been my lifesaver. Plus I like getting lost, especially on road trips and discovering new places. A GPS gives me peace of mind that no matter where I am, it will get me back on track.

by Ivana Katz

If it is to a destination I don't know too well, most definitely. Otherwise I don't worry about it.

by Justine Crowley

I use google maps all the time, but don't have a GPS.

by Rachael Koch

41 years of using one of these, I'm not about to change now!

And I never ever get lost.

by jonaja

anytime I am someplace I don't know well, I use the maps app on my iphone, even though it doesn't use real-time GPS. My old iphone 4 used to lag about a block or so behind my location, but my new iphone 5c is much better.

by DamienR

I try to take my Tom Tom with me but my dad always steals it from my car!

by Amelia

I bought a navigation system in my car as I am so hopeless in finding places and cannot read a map.
I would now not be without it as get mental blocks when trying to thinnk how to get places.

by Finy

Hi Finy, I can't read a road map either, so I'm very glad there's other people out there who can't, My husband used to get very annoyed with me, & before Tom-Tom, he'd have to keep pulling over to the side of the road, to read the UBD himself! (But we're still married!)

I like to use a GPS when traveling to a new destination. However I always check a road map as well so they I know in my own mind where I am going. Sometimes the GPS route is not always the best route to take.

by glenys

Exactly! :)

Both our cars have GPS. I only use it when I am going to a place I have never been before.

by corne

I do not own a GPS and would not buy one. i google the address i'm going to before i leave the house, write i down in my own code and i'm off. i very really get lost. i have outstanding sense of direction (especially for a woman) if i'm out and i need to find a place i use a map! Gasp! shock! yes people still use paper maps

by butterfly lady

I totally depend on my GPS and I absolutely love it:) google maps is of great help when I need to get around when I am overseas.

by Sharm Jay

I'm not good at using street directories, but I'm not crash hot on the GPS either. It takes forever to find a signal and sometimes takes me the longest route possible. I like to use Google Maps before going somewhere I am not familiar with and printing out a paper copy of the directions I need.

by Vee

I think GPSs are a great idea. However, mine seems to have a drinking problem and the directions I receive from it are often insane. So I've gone back to prayer (Please don't get lost) and Street Directories.

by lynne

No. I have tried but found it confusing ! I like to plan out a trip using a local map and venturing out when I find places of interests.

by merto

Yes, it does help while exploring a new route or a location.

by Radhika

If it's a new place, I make it a point to check on Google maps before leaving. Always prefer trusting my instincts if I'm lost. The GPS is not reliable always and it clouds my instincts. Often a reason for arguments with my tech savvy hubby.

by Smita

Yes we do use GPS. Its very useful.

by Radhika

Yes we do use GPS. Its very useful.

by Radhika

No.

by Maria

I am pretty good at knowing where I am going, but I do use a GPS on long trips. It gives a pretty accurate speed and a approximate time of arrival. One thing I do is turn the sound off.

by gbrow

No
Yes, would do.
Yes.
None!

I still use a UBD, if needs be, which is the modern equivalent to the 'Refidex', my Father used!

by donjo

When my husband drove a lot, we used a Tom-Tom. The 'voice' would send us the wrong direction a lot of the time!
Now he only drives 5-6ks from home, for us to do the weekly food shop & see a movie on Sunday afternoons, so we don't need it anymore. The rest of the time we go out on public transport, but our suburb doesn't have a bus service on Sundays or public holidays.

by Miro

do not use a gps I have a very good sense of direction. do not need one

by flaga

No, I don't use GPS in my car, my husband wanted to buy me one and I said no, I have a street directory, that's good enough.

by Diana Nairn

The unit in my car is pretty good as I can select preferences for shortest route, with or without tolls and when I go a shorter way not in its program, it's pretty quick to pick up where I am and continue on with its directions. I do also carry a UBD in the boot in case I ever need to refer to it. The only negative is when I constantly go MY way and it won't retain my direction.

by helga