Steet Directory Syndrome

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Originally Posted by tea lady

I hate being navigator because as soon as I look down at the map I feel car sick.:puke:

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What? All those squiggly lines and place names make you giddy? :)

/me runs and hides

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Originally Posted by silentC

Or reach over a get a drink out of your fridge :)

Does anyone know if it's actually illegal to eat and/or drink while you're driving? Someone once told me it was but sounds like a myth to me.

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it is here in Vic got a ticket for eating a hamburger (for not haveing full control of the car):C

Strange as it may seem, there have been a plethora of patents issued for Auxiliary Steering Devices; from USno. 0751876 (9 Feb 1904) to at least as recent as USno. 5598742 (4 Feb 1997). All to facilitate eating, drinking, smoking, etc. while driving. Enter [5598742] at http://www.google.com/patents and see "Citations" for more.

Generally, patents may not be issued for illegal activities. I don't know how that last one got by.

Joe

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Originally Posted by Christopha

Why is it that the place/ street you want is always right in the middle of where the bluddy directory is stapled/ glued/ concreted together?

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Statistially the road you want will be more likely to be near an edge than than the centre of a directory map. If You look at a map age of say 15*22cm you have a map area of 330 sq cm. If you count the edge as a 3 cm band around the perimeter that band has an area of 186 sq cm. Therefore you have a better than even chance (56.4%) that the point you wish to find is within 3 cm of an edge,

So sometimes your perception is real.

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Originally Posted by Christopha

Why is it that the place/ street you want is always right in the middle of where the bluddy directory is stapled/ glued/ concreted together?

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This is the corollary of the 2nd Lieutenant's law - all the best battles are held on the edge of the map.

I'm sure there is another law about why the maps are hard to read, Invading army chiefs end up having a fight with their navigator way before they get to the battle field. Canberra as built on those laws for sure.:rolleyes: