ADUK Archive

Kimosabe wrote:Regarding reverse parking eg. at a supermarket, on a high street with non-parallel bays (can't think of their correct name).... If I reverse parked at a supermarket, I'd have to:

1. leave my full shopping trolley near the car while I...
2. get in the car drive it out of the bay and park across the neighbouring cars (at which point someone else could be trying to park in the vacant bay and I could be blocking other drivers in).
3. put my shopping in the boot.
4. push my empty trolley across a busy car park and leave it in the trolley shelter.
5. walk back across a car park to my car, which can be unsafe at the best of times especially when it's dark and raining.

If I park nose in first, I don't have to do any of that, except the last bit before reversing out of the bay after a short note on the horn and hazard lights, so how is that less safe?

Regarding Sat Navs My Landrover Satnav requires an input which states that I 'agree' to not be distracted by it and some other small print which I never read. The other option is 'cancel' and that switches it orf. Some Satnavs won't allow any driver input while the car is moving but this can be overridden.

Edited for grammatical irregularities.

martine wrote:Here's another example of angled bays on a high street that are positively encouraging drivers to go in forwards and reverse out onto a main road. When it's busy with vehicles either side it's very tricky to reverse out safely. Why don't they angle them the other way so you would drive past and then reverse in (perhaps with a sign to encourage it)?

mefoster wrote:I do hope that the satnav is positioned better than the photo in the article.

mefoster wrote:I do hope that the satnav is positioned better than the photo in the article.

Where do people here, position theirs?

mefoster wrote:

martine wrote:

mefoster wrote:I do hope that the satnav is positioned better than the photo in the article.

I'm not sure you can tell from this photo whether it's good or bad.

Where do people here, position theirs?

If there is no other option and it absolutely has to be on the screen then it goes as far bottom right as possible. Otherwise always on the dash, below the level of the screen.

The worst that I have seen was half way up the screen, in line with the steering column, at night, with the nav screen in daytime mode. It was a wonder they could see anything outside at all.

jont wrote:Why would you need to? The satnav tells you where the road goes

akirk wrote:I use Brodit Proclips:
http://www.brodit.com/proclip.html
they are brilliant - they cause no damage to the car (ideal for leased cars) and they are sensible about where they sit - meaning that vision is maintained - in both the Z3 and the Kuga it sits above the radio, using the air vents - it clips in - as my tomtom is magetic it is very simple to slip it on / off... I don't bother wiring the power in, but you could do easily...

Alasdair