satellite navigation

[wendilla]

When starting up why does the sat nav know that car is sitting wrong way round on drive before taking off.Thanks

[Cakeboy]

Because it remembers where you were when you turned it off and what direction you were travelling in. So it remembers you driving into the drive and as there's no road out the other end, it'll tell you to turn around.

[wendilla]

Thank you for reply and your explananation .You have put it so as I understand now .thanks.

[{Dakota}]

Good question! what if I've driven somewhere else without using the Stuttering Tom? Does it know which way I'm facing when I switch him on again? I've never thought about that before now! LOL

[Squitty]

Why dont you fool it by sticking it in the BACK window before switching it on?

[{Dakota}]

lol

[Twenty20]

Good god, do you really need a sat nav to tell you which way your car is facing in the driveway? Technology eh?! Where would we be without it.

"reverse out of driveway and turn left" Really? I was planning on ploughing straight through the garage, down the garden and driving through my neighbour's lounge!

[Jenga]

Why does my husband shout and abuse his Sat Nav - she can hardly answer back?

Maybe they should have live people which will answer back if getting verbal abuse.

p.s Abuse is just deserved when it is sending us the long way round and not using motorways.