[gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 8, forcing the BN to avoid a road closure

  • From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:41:26 -0800

         Vince,

One can already reroute once you are off course. Just press RV and you will 
be asked if you want to save the old route if you haven't already. 
Otherwise, it calculates a new route from your current position. It is best 
if you pull over and wait for the new route. It was very nice on the PK 
that these new route calculations only took a few seconds.

What we can put on the wish list is the ability to flag a road and 
intersection as impassable. That would be handy.

Mike


At 04:34 AM 12/12/2004, you wrote:
>  also had a good chuckle from your story.  I had my wife read it.  We
>actually had something like this happen to us recently.  Is automatic
>re-routing on the wish list?  The program "Iguidance" that my wife uses
>re-routes after you go off course.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffrey Bohrman" <jbohrman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 7:28 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 8, forcing the BN to avoid a road
>closure
>
>
> > Mike:
> >
> > Your story is quite helpful!  I know driving with our wives can be
> > challenging at times especially in unfamiliar areas.
> >
> > Although I've not quite started to use my GPS - I am getting there - your
> > story is one good suggestion if I can't simply find an alternative route
> > from where one is standing to the destination.  Actually, I've navigated
>my
> > wife to a certain point that I'd be familiar with and then go from there.
> >
> > Jeff
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 1:14 AM
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Situation 8, forcing the BN to avoid a road
>closure
> >
> >
> > > Situation 8
> > > We are driving to a Society for the Blind Christmas function at the
> > > Sacramento Yacht Club. It is very foggy and there is lots of traffic. I
>am
> > > in charge of directions with my BrailleNote GPS route guiding us along.
> > >
> > > The tension in the car is palpable as we creep across a bridge over the
> > > Sacramento River. The BN reports 2.1 miles to our destination. I can't
> > wait
> > > for a warm fire and glass of wine.
> > >
> > > We arrive at an intersection where the BN instructs us to continue
> > straight
> > > but flashing lights and police cars across the road force us to turn
> > right.
> > > It turns out that a gas main ruptured and the route we needed was
> > > completely blocked.
> > >
> > > Question 8
> > > What now? We are in a completely unfamiliar area, it is residential and
> > > there is nobody to ask directions of. We are already very late. How do I
> > > get us to the event  and keep my hide intact at the same time?
> > >
> > > Answer8
> > > My wife wanted me to call the Yacht Club, which I of course did. I told
> > the
> > > bar tender where we were and she gave me very complicated directions for
> > > two possible alternate routes and at the same time, my wife is talking
>to
> > > me. I hang up, more confused than ever.
> > >
> > > I told her to pull over and take a deep breath while I find us a route.
>I
> > > went into Explore mode and reversed the route so I can understand the
> > route
> > > coming from the destination toward me. This gave me a chance to see each
> > of
> > > the cross streets that might provide an alternate access and which might
> > > clarify what the bar tender told me.
> > >
> > > I found another road that intersected Highway 80 and set it as my
> > > destination. I then calculated a route from where we were to this
>interim
> > > destination. While we were driving there, I then calculated a second
>route
> > > from the freeway intersection to the Yacht Club. In other words, I
>picked
> > > an interim point that created a triangle around the road closure. This
> > > means of using two routes to complete an entire trip is a good strategy
> > for
> > > forcing the BN to route you the way you want to go rather than the way
>it
> > > tells you to go.
> > >
> > > My wife was about ready to tell me where to go as well.  It turns out
>that
> > > everyone was delayed by the road closure so relatively speaking, we
> > weren't
> > > late. It was wonderful to step out of the car and fog into the embrace
>of
> > > the holiday cheer, great folks and good food. Thank goodness the return
> > > trip home was uneventful. I am also grateful for the fact that I could
>be
> > > the navigator. I don't know quite what we would have done if I didn't
>have
> > > my GPS and ingenuity.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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