Top ten tips for using a Sat Nav

1.  You’re driving, not the sat nav
   If you commit an offence or have an accident It’s your fault, you can not blame the sat nav.
2. Trust your eyes
   Sat navs are a guide, People have been marooned in fords, driven into rivers and down railways because their sat nav told them to. If the road looks wrong, don’t take it.
3. You know what you’re driving,
   If you have a large vehicle or a caravan, don’t think that a road is suitable just because the sat nav tells you to go down it. Look at the road signs.
4. Watch the road not the sat nav
   A sat nav can give all sorts of information about where you are going, but is no substitute for watching the road.
5. Don’t block your view of the road
   The sat nav should be in your line of sight – You don’t want to have to look down or turn your head a long way, but it should not block your view of the road.
6. Don’t try to programme the sat nav while driving
   Always pull over before adjusting settings Programming on the move takes one hand from the wheel, two eyes off the road and a brain away from driving.
7. Use all of the features
   On a complicated, busy roundabout, spoken instructions are much better than taking your eyes off the road to look at the sat nav,
8. Check the route is practical before you go
   Is the sat nav taking you to the right place there may be more than one Farnborough? Hampshire, Warwickshire or Kent? If you put in the wrong destination, it will take you to the wrong destination. Does the route look right?
9. Update the sat nav regularly
   Keep it updated  it needs to know about new roads, new traffic systems.
10. Thieves like sat navs too
    If it’s detachable, always take it out when you leave the car. Mounts or suction cap marks also attract thieves as they know that drivers who remove the sat nav from the window tend to leave it in the car.