GPS problem

If you see one of these, you've gone too far...

Another step is if you look like you're getting into a bad situation, unhook the toad and have someone drive it separately. Presumes you have another driver with you.

Another tool is the profile feature on Google EARTH Pro. Set a route between 2 points and right-click on the blue line. Brings up a menu for Profile.

One other method is to use Google Maps for your routing. I just plugged in what you wanted to do and Google Maps presented three possible routes. You would have seen that SR23 (Decker Canyon) was not the route to take due to the windy roads. Taking the Kanan-Dume road from PCH to the 101 was your best bet.

One other Google Maps benefit is you can send the route to your phone.
(I rarely use the GPS built into my truck)

The GPSr should be used for amusement purposes only. Always verify the route on a a paper map before going.

I know my route and use the GPSr while in areas where changing routes is necessary using it to verify exits whether on the right or left and which lanes to be in.

A GPS is an ADVISORY tool.

The driver always must assume responsibility for picking an appropriate route.

Also, as a tool, the operator must learn the capabilities and fail abilities of the tool.

Not trying to say it is your fault, but we are suggesting spending some time learning what a GPS can or cannot do. That includes the apps people suggest you use on your phone or tablet.

Another key suggestion - teach/ learn with your copilot/ navagueser.how the thing works. This is especially important as you move up to bigger vehicles. Driving in difficult traffic isn’t the place to try to teach her/ him how to change something on the GPS.

Basically all GPS units get their source data from the same place, the state highway department through a data conversion company. The same with on-line apps. Google will send out special vehicles to photograph streets and routes, but not to correct/ check mapping accuracy.

Above all else - if it looks like a road you should not take. STOP and look at alternative mapping information sources.

From personal experience I will tell you if a route while traveling in/ pulling your RV starts to look questionable or getting worse - it is going to get a lot worse long, long before you find a better route.

Murphy is alive and well and easily found in electronic devices.

azdryheat wrote:
Did you not check the route prior to setting out? I got caught towing my toy hauler on a narrow, extremely windy road through the Ozarks. Now I always preview the route so as to avoid problems. I also never pick the shortest route but the fastest route.

x2 - blindly follow a GPS at your own peril.

I forget who said it but remember the quote:

"Robots will kill you!"

Consider your GPS to be a basic form of robot.

Did you not check the route prior to setting out? I got caught towing my toy hauler on a narrow, extremely windy road through the Ozarks. Now I always preview the route so as to avoid problems. I also never pick the shortest route but the fastest route.

Flattestroute.com route

Also, never pick the shortest route, pick fastest route. That got me in trouble in the Catskills.

Glad to hear the emergency systems worked.

Did you call RandMcNally and give em heck?