[gps-talkusers] tips on travelling in vehicles
- From: Michael Weaver <weavermicha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:09:56 +0100
Is there any advice anyone could give me as regards using GPS in
vehicles?
I ask because yesterday I came back in a taxi from an event and I didn't
use my usual taxi service so had to direct the driver using Braillenote
GPS only I had a couple of technical issues as regards connecting and
acquiring satalites and I only got a fix when I started moving.
Am I still supposed to give the reciever something like 20 to 30 seconds
before I press N so I don't get the technical problems and have to
switch off the Braillenote and redo the whole thing again?
Also when using the system in a car would it be better for me to have
the thumb keys on so I can read the Braille display when being driven?
I tend to find I have to give drivers directions in the area where I
live even though my own knowledge of my local area is limited with me
spending most of my life at boarding Schools and College and the amount
of coverage which has to be done by something like one person as regards
Mobility, meaning I think it is one person covering the Kirklees area.
Even other taxi drivers think it is a joke about the fact I am having to
guide in areas I have little knowledge of.
I wanted a career in Computer programming but failed to get the
qualifications because of serious bullying but I sometimes wonder if I
should go for a job as a taxi driver instead despite being Totally Blind
as it is a bit of a joke as to what qualifications are needed to become
one in Huddersfield.
It is not like my journeys often take me outside the Huddersfield area
now that I am no longer at boarding School or College so I am not
travelling to Worcester or Hereford like I used to do.
I live something like quarter of an hour from Huddersfield bus station
yet when my partially Sighted friend who I am hoping to have a
relationship with dropped me at the taxi rank nearby, I still had to
guide the driver.
Despite its drawbacks I was glad I was carrying the Braillenote GPS even
though my mate was wondering why I had it when we attended a Doctor Who
event taking place near a shopping centre.
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