Charles Chodkowski Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Finally took the plunge and bought a digital personal assistant - Garmin 660 satnav to us all. A question I hope someone can help me with, should I enter myself in as a bus or a truck on the vehicle options? and what are the implications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Well a bus is 24ft 6 high the biggest comercial vehicle on the road? That's what they used to reach us at training . In saying that I don't think your camper is that high is it ? So I would think that you would get under any bridge providing you stick to major route's BUT BE AWARE TO LOOK UP just incase . I can't see that it makes any difference Re Bus or Lorry in the sat nav that is if your talking about heights.... (?) (?) (?) Are you, is this what you mean by implications ? It's the only thing that I can think of I hope it help's just a thought I wouldn't think that it would send a bus or lorry down any different route (height alone should make the machine pick it up I HOPE. and keep them on the most suitable route for low bridge's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 my garmin i3 is set for 'emergency vehicle'! works for me!!!! joking aside, set it for bus - the time to arrival calculator should be slightly more correct then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 that's because you have to stop and pick up your passengers well that's the general idea. Actually never thought of that only height came to mind (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Sorry Michele But what sort of buses do you know that are 24ft 6 inches hi? Regards pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 God has my memory gone that much try 14 ft 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Blast! My Highway Code has gone walkabout again. Is there a difference in speed limits, and would the robot know about them? Bus lanes? 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I set my garmin 2720 to bus. You can also adjust the average driving speed for different types of road. I believe this is what the unit uses to work out the ETA for a route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david lloyd Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Charles Chodkowski - 2007-03-10 8:41 PM Finally took the plunge and bought a digital personal assistant - Garmin 660 satnav to us all. A question I hope someone can help me with, should I enter myself in as a bus or a truck on the vehicle options? and what are the implications? Hi Charles I am thinking of getting the Nuvi 360 but had hoped that being able to select either bus or truck would eliminate the slight problem I get with my current satnav (TomTom Navigator on an O2 XDA) of taking the sometimes inappropriate by-roads. Regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randonneur Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 We have a Mio 268+ and it is set on Lorry. We tried it locally and it did take us on a different route to that we normally take in our car. I don't know about height though, I think we were in Beziers last week and heading out of the town and came across an underpass for cars before we realised, anyway, a lot of peope must do the same as the local highways department had provided a small turnoff so you wouldn't get stuck, as you can imagine, the air was blue, as there was a line of cars at the back of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertractorman Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 The difference between Truck and Bus will relate to speed limiter settings on open road, the bus being higher at 62mph. Weight limits on bridges for trucks as normally Buses have exemptions on service routes. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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