Which GPS bean bag holder?

GoPackGo wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
Since this thread has veered of course I will throw this out; I predict that GPS units will be outdated soon. On a recent trip I used "Waze" on my phone.

The Waze app is a community-based traffic and navigation app. You and other drivers enter info as you travel plus it monitors your speed. The app uses this info to warn other drivers of slow downs, accidents, vehicles on the side of the road and even active police radar units.

Traffic was heavy and without me doing anything the phone app told me to leave I95 and routed me on an alternative route to avoid a slowdown.

I doubt that GPSs will become outdated just because there MAY be an alternative for traffic congestion. A GPS does a million other things.

Will Waze know I am pulling a 35 ft 5th wheel when it tells me to jump off the interstate and head down city streets, or even a county road ? What about the fact that I need 13'6" clearance ?? What about the fact that right hand turns on city streets can be a very big problem ? And what about the fact that a phone screen is way smaller then my 7" GPS, which sits on the dash in plain view.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all in favor of progress. But I learned a long time ago that just because something is new, that does not make it better. And I'm just not sure this sounds better for me.

Tim

I'm not a early adopter either. That's why I don't have a GPS. :p

(I never drive far from home. I understand why GPS would be helpful for those of you that travel a lot and a long way)

I have a 30 year old friend. I live in the country 25 miles from him. He has been at my house 4 times. The last time he came out here he had to call me up (on my cell phone of course) and ask me for my address. He had lost it and could not find his way to my house without it because he has to put the address in his GPS Every Single Time he drives out here or else he gets lost. :S

I live in the rural Midwest. All the roads are straight and there is a road every mile. It's all just a big grid, he's 30, and he still can't find his way around. I'm still amazed over this.