Sat Nav ? map book ? or just looking at the signs ? journies

hmm...didnt think of reading the phone maps! I do use reading glasses , so not sure if the phone would be large enough, but just having looking at the sat nav (by the way its £58) Binatone and good reviews. the screen is similar size to my phone so I will give it some serious thought. maybe I will try the phone out first on a proper journey..thanks for different ideas

I use a sat nav for unfamiliar places. It's the fine tuning when you get somewhere that I find it really helpful. Mind you, I haven't tried navigating by smart phone... maybe I need to give that a go.

Sat nav,! I hate auto correct.

I love my Satan’s. It takes so much stress out of driving in unfamiliar places. I’ve had it for a long time but if I was starting now I would get a new phone and use Google maps. I like the company too!

I rarely do more than glance at the screen when I am stationary, but the voice is reassuring and helps keep me company!

I have a satnav in my car but it needs updating and they want £150 to update it so I borrow OHs if I need to go somewhere I don't know. It has an integral camera also which is very handy just in case. My GD used Google maps on her phone and always moans she can't read the screen and I'd need to change my glasses to read the screen impossible when driving. I find I can glance at the screen on the satnav to check speeds, traffic, and plenty of lane changing warnings in good time. So I definately prefer it over my phone.

I would go change your phone and go with with Google maps, but I always have a road map as back up, you can always pull over and check you are on the right road and have a calming coffee!

Start of on small trips and get your confidence back.

Happy driving

Yes

I always use my satnav and find it useful. It updates regularly and if there is a problem such as an accident or roadworks, it gives the option of being guided off the original route and around the problem. Does the Google maps do that?

Has to be cheaper and honestly ((apart from the tendency to take me the shortest route including tiny country lanes) ?it is perfectly adequate. I always check the route first on AA directions in the internet though as sometimes the obvious route is longer but easier. I too am happy with motorways - nice big signs to tell me where I am!

thanks for suggestion (maw) I did have a go with mobile phone few weeks ago...just going round local places, but I have very little date on my phone(250mb) I am looking to change it but cnt do that for a month or so.
But yes the mobile did come into my thoughts, I suppose I could buy extra data for temp journeys.

Don’t waste your money on a SatNav. Buy a cradle to stick on the dashboard for your mobile and use Google maps.

I also have to cope with driving on my own now I am without Paw and have done here (N Bucks) to Cheshire, Somerset, Birmingham (regularly) and Walthamstow in East London also regularly, including a maze of back streets once I come off the M11 and North Circular.
It is too much to cope with traffic, signs, being in the right lane, speed limits as well as finding your way.
Good luck!

tut! bad spelling was rushing ,,,