GPS Recommendations?
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RE: GPS Recommendations?
ORIGINAL: Tralfaz
How big a "distraction" it is can depend on where one mounts it also. I ended up mounting mine in the center of the handlebars so it actually has become less of a distraction compared to looking down at the speedo on my tank. I will not mess with it while moving, or really look at the map, but the speed and distance to checkpoint fields are large and right there in front of me.
And as Mark10 has said, the audio cues are almost indispensable in my my book. Without them it becomes a bit more dangerous to have to pay attention to the GPS all the time, but with them it becomes a lot safer than my being distracted with having to look at every street sign coming up to see if I'm about to hit my turn.
So, IMHO, used properly (big IF used properly there) a GPS can be the safest way to navigate.
ORIGINAL: mark10
that having been said - the nice thing about the 550, and even the 450 i think, is that is speaks to you about what you are to do
so you don't really have to look at it when just going along. and it gives you plenty of notice, not something others do.
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but yes, you can get to paying too much attention to it if you are not careful.
that having been said - the nice thing about the 550, and even the 450 i think, is that is speaks to you about what you are to do
so you don't really have to look at it when just going along. and it gives you plenty of notice, not something others do.
...
but yes, you can get to paying too much attention to it if you are not careful.
And as Mark10 has said, the audio cues are almost indispensable in my my book. Without them it becomes a bit more dangerous to have to pay attention to the GPS all the time, but with them it becomes a lot safer than my being distracted with having to look at every street sign coming up to see if I'm about to hit my turn.
So, IMHO, used properly (big IF used properly there) a GPS can be the safest way to navigate.
Cheers!
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