There’s only so many times that you can listen to the soundtrack of ‘Frozen’ in the car! Confusion Reigns Today the sat nav is an intrinsic part of any car journey that I take – she is the voice of sanity in what can be a very chaotic cabin at times. These are fantastic at helping me to avoid those rush hour traffic jams. Initially, the main reason was because I didn’t know the route, then it was because of the traffic updates. I still totally rely on the straightforward navigational advice even on those everyday commuting journeys. There aren’t many people I can say that about! What I did find remarkable though was that I am usually completely ‘lost’ without one. In fact, all she does is quietly and calmly reroute my journey without much fuss. I mean, she’s the only one that doesn’t get annoyed with me when I take the wrong turn. Without that little speaking box in my life, I’d be properly lost. In fact, my reliance on these little devices probably goes far beyond what is normal. Previously I hadn’t given much thought into how much I relied upon my little sat nav. Well, what I mean is that I glanced at them thoroughly before throwing them into the recycling bin. In fairness, we had received a number of informational leaflets about the forthcoming change and did feel that we were well prepared.
The roads around where we live changed to this one-way system earlier this year.
Not quite the end of the world, but if it’s you driving around the block a couple more times than is necessary it’s very very frustrating! Unfortunately, if you don’t then there’s every possibility that you’ll spend an extra 10 minutes circling around the loop once again. Around our way, a number of the local roads have become part of a one-way system. It’s a system that works well if you know your way around it correctly. Ok, so roads don’t usually change the layout that much over the years, but sometimes you can find yourself in a bit of a pickle. Here I’m going to look at how you can easily update your Garmin maps. You have a brand new Garmin sat nav your delighted with it? Great however, have you checked to see if the maps on your device are up to date? There’s not much point in having sat nav maps that are out of date.