โFeb-14-2018 07:50 PM
โFeb-23-2018 02:17 PM
JKJavelin wrote:
I just retired 2 days ago and 2 management guys chipped in and bought me a Rand McNally RVND 7 RV GPS. You load your dimensions of your rig into it and supposedly avoids routes that you'd get into trouble with. I just charged it and and loaded updates and I'll be trying it out in about 2 days... retirement trip--coming up.
JK
โFeb-23-2018 01:52 PM
โFeb-22-2018 12:23 PM
โFeb-21-2018 04:37 AM
โFeb-20-2018 03:42 PM
PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
If you are in a deadzone for cell service, good chance you are in a dead zone for traffic.
We have a nuvi and yes, it does lose traffic info in remote areas fairly regularly.
Garminโs traffic info comes from FM radio signals, not cell phone signals. My Rand/McNally does require cell network connectivity)
Yes, there are huge areas of the country not covered by the FM networks.
Personally I find Garminโs traffic info in metropolitan areas often superior to Google Maps.
โFeb-20-2018 11:00 AM
โFeb-19-2018 07:48 AM
โFeb-19-2018 07:23 AM
valhalla360 wrote:
If you are in a deadzone for cell service, good chance you are in a dead zone for traffic.
We have a nuvi and yes, it does lose traffic info in remote areas fairly regularly.
โFeb-19-2018 07:19 AM
โFeb-19-2018 06:13 AM
โFeb-19-2018 03:40 AM
DrewE wrote:
Dedicated GPSs (with traffic) do have realtime data, via sideband signals sent over the FM broadcast band--or at least that's where mine gets traffic data from. It's only available in urban areas, so presumably cell service would be reliably available there as well.
โFeb-16-2018 06:07 AM
โFeb-16-2018 04:33 AM
fj12ryder wrote:
But doesn't WAZE require real time data from people who are supposed to be driving their cars? I don't think that's such a great idea. Not a lot of difference between texting, and entering traffic conditions while driving.
โFeb-15-2018 05:26 PM