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<blockquote data-quote="PPH_over_9000" data-source="post: 5222037" data-attributes="member: 79761"><p><strong>tl;dr </strong>I'm trying, man!</p><p></p><p>Generally that works, but on the backroads and country roads the mailboxes are almost never next to the driveway. They're normally grouped together at some midway point between several homes, and you've lucked out if they actually have all their numbers or even numbers at all on them.</p><p></p><p>Luckily I've been kept running routes in the same loop for a couple months now so my route rotation is a lot smaller than what it used to be. I've been able to learn most of the side-streets, neighborhoods and stand-alone Places. My biggest struggle without MapNav is finding houses directly off of the backroads, because I swear to God the mailbox placement often makes no sense at all. If I'm in a tight neighborhood it's almost never a problem, but when I'm averaging ~2mi between groups of 1-3 stops it's a pain in the ass. Luckily the Map feature works, but it's not exactly user friendly and every time I try to zoom out to plot my course the map also rotates, the street names blink out and I can't even figure out where my truck is without backing out and reloading the map.</p><p></p><p>I've also taken a stand and stopped using my phone for anything other than music on the road. I'm trying to figure these routes out the way y'all did before MapNav, because I've come to realize that it's way too much of a crutch and you end up crippling yourself if you don't know how to run a route without it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I feel like that's great advice, because from what I can gather the older drivers at the top of the seniority list rarely have these problems and it seems to be because they specifically don't use the cradle.</p><p></p><p>I just always feel like I'm prone to <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ing up and taking a wrong turn that'll take me miles in the wrong direction before I realize that something's not right. I honestly just like the extra bit of confidence that having the GPS gives me because I'm constantly second-guessing myself and thinking I'm screwing up in one way or another. I guess you could say it takes the guesswork out of the equation and allows me to just focus on driving safely to reach my destination, as opposed to relying on it to determine where my destination actually is (though it helps with that, too!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PPH_over_9000, post: 5222037, member: 79761"] [B]tl;dr [/B]I'm trying, man! Generally that works, but on the backroads and country roads the mailboxes are almost never next to the driveway. They're normally grouped together at some midway point between several homes, and you've lucked out if they actually have all their numbers or even numbers at all on them. Luckily I've been kept running routes in the same loop for a couple months now so my route rotation is a lot smaller than what it used to be. I've been able to learn most of the side-streets, neighborhoods and stand-alone Places. My biggest struggle without MapNav is finding houses directly off of the backroads, because I swear to God the mailbox placement often makes no sense at all. If I'm in a tight neighborhood it's almost never a problem, but when I'm averaging ~2mi between groups of 1-3 stops it's a pain in the ass. Luckily the Map feature works, but it's not exactly user friendly and every time I try to zoom out to plot my course the map also rotates, the street names blink out and I can't even figure out where my truck is without backing out and reloading the map. I've also taken a stand and stopped using my phone for anything other than music on the road. I'm trying to figure these routes out the way y'all did before MapNav, because I've come to realize that it's way too much of a crutch and you end up crippling yourself if you don't know how to run a route without it. I feel like that's great advice, because from what I can gather the older drivers at the top of the seniority list rarely have these problems and it seems to be because they specifically don't use the cradle. I just always feel like I'm prone to :censored:ing up and taking a wrong turn that'll take me miles in the wrong direction before I realize that something's not right. I honestly just like the extra bit of confidence that having the GPS gives me because I'm constantly second-guessing myself and thinking I'm screwing up in one way or another. I guess you could say it takes the guesswork out of the equation and allows me to just focus on driving safely to reach my destination, as opposed to relying on it to determine where my destination actually is (though it helps with that, too!) [/QUOTE]
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