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We have had a home in South West France for several years spending all the kids hols there. Never driven anything as big as the Damon on French roads though, but we also have a home in Wales and so didnt find a problem with the french after the Welsh.
I did progress to England now as a missionary and to bring a bit of culture to there way of life
Big Frank
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An award-winning post. So many "isms" and so beautifully condescending. Here are the highlights:-
... many housewives never drove further than Asda or their Mothers house {stereotype/sexist}
.... wait till Hubby came home {stereotype/sexist} and would nag him {implied ignorance}...
... while ... workers{implied "Do you work or are you a housewife"} ... were tucked up at the table having tea {stereotype/sexist}
... Now all they have to do {patronisation/generalisation} is get Hubby or Dad{sexist} to preprogram{stereotype/implied ignorace}... so they can ... clog the middle lane {assumption/insult/stereotype} take wrong turns (despite the fact that TomTom Said LEFT quite clearly) {implied ignorance/patronisation} cut wagons up at the last minute {assumption/insult/stereotype} .....
.... If you can't drive the bloody thing you should not have one {omnipotence} .... if its too big for you get something more manageable {omnipotence/patronisation}
... Oh and don't try reading that map whilst driving it {patronisation/omnipotence}
Dougie.
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Sat Nav in my opinion turns many people into brain dead morons who have little idea of where they are going and very little idea of where they have been.
We have said to so many people " where have you come from ? " or " Which wa did you get here ? " only to get the blank face , shrug of the shulders and the standard reply " We followed Sat Nav "
Use a map and a bit of common sense.
And WHY do people have this aversion to going on the motorways. I will never understand.
Hi Billym one brain dead moron reporting in. Sat Nav is magic. Why is it if you don't like reading maps your automatically a dope? Navigating to my destination is not to me; one of the joys of motorhoming. The wife cannot read a map (not sexist, she can't) so a sat nav. ensures peace and harmony in the RV.
Except when I do a left after its told me right. (Dyslexic)
Olley
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Why is it if you don't like reading maps your automatically a dope?
I guess it's a bit like any electronic aid - the traditional methods of learning mapreading/tuning pianos/tuning cars etc etc were learned over years and no doubt much experience which stood people in good stead. It seems to be difficult for us to accept change when it arrives, especially when it threatens to unseat us as long-time "experts".
Dougie.
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Well, I read maps, I navigate - and if the road we're on isn't marked on a map, I use the position of the sun combined with the time of day to guide me. I guess that's what comes of spending years and years walking cross-country for pleasure (not non-stop ); if you can't read maps, and navigate by the sun / compass, you get lost!!
Last weekend, we took my parents back to the UK after a 3-week stay with us in France. Stupid me! Fancy planning a trip which included driving from Dover to Weston-super-Mare for bank holiday Saturday!! So, Chris drove, and I navigated - back-roads all the way (once we'd got past the M20, anyway), avoiding known trouble-spots. Did we get lost / take a wrong turning? Not once!
We don't own Sat-Nav - Chris can't see the point in spending out on a gadget when he's got me
Venessa
I once had a good map reader and relied on her 100% but alas I have to do it myself now and whilst driving that can be difficult, I have a spare passenger seat available if anyone fancies a change.
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So, Chris drove, and I navigated - back-roads all the way (once we'd got past the M20, anyway), avoiding known trouble-spots. Did we get lost / take a wrong turning? Not once! 
