QLD – legal placement of Sat Nav

[ratter]

I think yours is positioned pretty decent, not really blocking much road there

[T3man]

Technically you can be booked if any part of it is within the swept area of the wipers.

My portable GPS units are always placed on the left of the interior rear view mirror. I place them as high as practicable so the bottom of the unit does not sit below the bottom of the mirror. There is no possible way that plod could claim it to be in my normal line of vision. From the outside it can't be seen because of the tinted band on the screen and this suits me just fine as it doubles as a theft deterrent.

[brismike]

I'm leasing a car in France for a holiday in a couple of months . . it is a Peugeot 3008 1.6 Diesel. (Don't laugh they are cheap to lease and good on fuel.)

The one i'm getting comes with built in Sat Nav and looks like this ....



I wonder how Queensland's finest would deal with something like that? Being in the middle of the screen and popped up the way it is they might get narky?

Happy New Year to All. - Mike

[MO]

If its from factory like that then it should be ok.

[jaskel]

good, I am sick of these idiots that mount them in the middle of the window and wonder why they didnt see the kids crossing the road!

I have mine up next to the mirror and out of the FOV!

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Coyote mk3

I am not saying that it doesn't obscure the vision. Because obviously it does slightly.
But I do not think it is to an unsafe degree (where I have mine)

Just went out then and took this crap pic at eye level I am 6 foot.


I believe people who have there GPS halfway up the windscreen at the side or in the middle should be warned then fined because it does create a large blind spot.

If you have to look away from the road to see the screen then I believe this creates more of a hazard then a having a small corner of the windscreen obscured

I have mine in the same spot. Being 6 foot 3 and having a car with a weird dash/front windscreen and a high bonnet, the only thing it blocks out is my vision of a part of my dash and bonnet. Does not block out the road at all.
You do see idiots with theirs dead in the middle of the windscreen, and I admit that's stupid.

[fangq]

Originally Posted by XR

Were they really getting people for having a GPS on the front windscreen, jesus christ.

Can't be worse than sticking bloody great P plate stickers on windscreens.
Steve

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Ben73

I have mine in the same spot. Being 6 foot 3 and having a car with a weird dash/front windscreen and a high bonnet, the only thing it blocks out is my vision of a part of my dash and bonnet. Does not block out the road at all.
You do see idiots with theirs dead in the middle of the windscreen, and I admit that's stupid.

Now that would be an interesting defense.

But understand that this was done by the zealots.

They have a long history of misinterpreting laws to suit their agenda and no tolerance whatsoever for any mitigating circumstances.
(sort of zero tolerance and mandatory sentencing......now where have I seen that sort of thinking recently)

Fortunately we have courts and the judiciary to decide what is just and fair.

[Coyote mk3]

Originally Posted by fangq

Can't be worse than sticking bloody great P plate stickers on windscreens.
Steve

When I first had L/P Plates I had them in a bracket on the front of the car.
I then changed and put them on the windscreen and it took a week or two to get used to.
Not because you can't see out, but seeing something out of the corner of your eye. (you can sort of see through the ones I have though)

But I agree, they create more of a blind spot then a little sat nav in the corner.

I only changed to the window placement because I think it is less noticable from outside, therefore looks better and was sick of ripping my chamois on the metal bracket

EDIT: In fact my rego sticker probably creates a larger blind spot then the sat nav

[Jim Goose]

I have stuck it on drivers side window angled towards me... works well there, except when winding the window down! Usually have aircon on 100% of the time here so i rarely open the window.

[mash again]

not nsaying its a great idea, but you can get mounts that mount from the vents etc. when i was in california rented a car and they supplied this as you cant have one on the windscreen in that state. i cant see what the issue is if as pointed out your sensible and put nup in the right hand bottom corner.

[MO]

Tried those vent mounts weren't real good,vibrating and slipping down etc.

[MO]

I'll post a shot of mine tomorrow.

[MO]

Here you go

[MO]

Try again don't know it didn't show in last post. Well I cant figure this it says I've already posted the image but there is nothing there.

Can a mod please try to sort this. Thanks

[MO]

Will take another shot and try again in a few hours.

[MO]

Hopefully this time

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by MO

Hopefully this time

How do you find the Navman? I hate mine, biggest piece of crap ever. The touchscreen is a struggle to work most the time.

[jaskel]

i hate the navman, the way it inputs makes me stresssed

tomtom is much more forward! love it

i haad a M55T for 1 week and sold it and got a tomtom go 750....sooooooooooo much better!

[dannyhilton]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

I have stuck it on drivers side window angled towards me...works well there, except when winding the window down!

I resorted to that after updating my Fiesta, as the new model has one hell of a raked windscreen. But as the air con is not a strong suit, I needed the windows open haha.

So I did this. It's not as convenient to look at, as you have to look down from the road, but at the same time it doesn't obscure vision. Plus switch the audio to Bluetooth and the voice and music sync through the audio, so you don't really need to look at it. Not sure if it's legal, but it makes sense to me.

The moral of the story though? Buy a 'hairdressers car' and you NEVER get pulled over!

[MO]

Originally Posted by Ben73

How do you find the Navman? I hate mine, biggest piece of crap ever. The touchscreen is a struggle to work most the time.

Well I've not used any others so nothing to compare it with. Still finding my way around it so far I like it.
There was a comparison test on Today Tonight last night and the navman didn't rate to well. From memory I think Tomtom came in first then Garmin.
If I do find the need to change will do heaps of research first. The navman I've got was on special and seemed to have what I was looking for. It gives me fixed cameras etc.

[jaskel]

nice spot in that hairdressers car! Keeps it out of view nicely

What time can i get a haircut?

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by MO

Well I've not used any others so nothing to compare it with. Still finding my way around it so far I like it.
There was a comparison test on Today Tonight last night and the navman didn't rate to well. From memory I think Tomtom came in first then Garmin.
If I do find the need to change will do heaps of research first. The navman I've got was on special and seemed to have what I was looking for. It gives me fixed cameras etc.

Today Tonight or ACA????
ACA did a compareson last night as well.... TomTom tops the list and I think the NavMan was last....

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by mash again

not nsaying its a great idea, but you can get mounts that mount from the vents etc. .

heat from the vent isn't good from them if you have the heater on during winter, plus they obsure the vent's airflow.

i have to admit the windscreen is the only place to mount them in the falcon... there's certainly no flat blank areas you could mount them permanently. i've got an old garmin, but i updated the voice to that of KITT (aka knight rider voice talent William Daniels)

[MO]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Today Tonight or ACA????
ACA did a compareson last night as well.... TomTom tops the list and I think the NavMan was last....

No was some obscure brand I haven't heard of,I think, it was oriole or something like that. Navman came in third.

[flappist]

Garmin, Tom Tom and Navman all have their strong and weak points, none are perfect.

You don't need to have them up in fron of you, they all work perfectly just sitting on your console.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by flappist

Garmin, Tom Tom and Navman all have their strong and weak points, none are perfect.

You don't need to have them up in fron of you, they all work perfectly just sitting on your console.

they may work fine there, but as has been mentioned in this thread, it takes your eyes off the road a lot more than one mounted on the windscreen.


did anyone see that woman on aca that was having the winge about her navman taking her out in the wops... she didnt notie anything was wrong until they stopped to open a gate...

plus when she was driving, every time the gps gave her a direction she touched something on the screen, so i reckon she either has no clue about how to use/set up a gps, or shes just whinging for the sake of whinging.

oh, and it was a winery tour she was on... maybe she should have been breath tested...

[FTe342]

Just had a look at the report and they were testing for ease of use etc but no mention of accuracy of maps.
I have vented my displeasure of Tom Tom map updates in another thread here.

If they have the speed limit incorrect for almost the whole distance from Liverpool to Melb and half the distance from Newcastle to Brisbane on their latest map update for my Tom Tom GO 910 what faith can you place in them? Not to mention the speed camera warnings for cameras that no longer exist due to hwy upgrades

[flappist]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

they may work fine there, but as has been mentioned in this thread, it takes your eyes off the road a lot more than one mounted on the windscreen.


did anyone see that woman on aca that was having the winge about her navman taking her out in the wops... she didnt notie anything was wrong until they stopped to open a gate...

plus when she was driving, every time the gps gave her a direction she touched something on the screen, so i reckon she either has no clue about how to use/set up a gps, or shes just whinging for the sake of whinging.

oh, and it was a winery tour she was on... maybe she should have been breath tested...

Well stick it in front of your speedo, you can drive for hours just staring at that and remain perfectly safe.......

One observation though; if it is not safe to have the gps mounted lower than the windscreen why are ALL the factory units which must comply with ADRs mounted in a low position.

[zdcol71]

Originally Posted by Coyote mk3

Out of curiosity? Where is it supposed to be mounted?

This is nothing other than my personal opinion, but I would respond by saying,"Mount it up your exhaust pipe! If you don't know where you are going without a sat-nav, Don't bloody go!!"