Iphone apps: TraffiCam Sg - Good for drivers

CM840_2009 SG

i try out this apps today using Iphone 2G

It links you to LTA web cam on major road and expressway

FireIce SG

are u allowed to be using hp while driving

and we are not talking about talking on hp
but looking and poking the screen while driving

CM840_2009 SG

but i was inside the mrt train :)

anyway, you can ask your passenger to check mah

Poolman SG

first of all , many of my senior folks they hardly know anything about 3g , or navigations system , or wap , or whatever ...so iphone ?

They might thought it's an EYE-PHONE !!!!

2ndly , i cannot afford it ( i hate to Q for one anyway ) .

3rd , i will know all traffic infos thru those EMAS signboard .... the one that i rely most , cos it's the lastest , and the most accurate , plus the ETA timing , that is the most useful , cos i can show it to my paxes , : " Saw the time , ? To ECP , 45mins , u sure u want to go by this way ? "

4th , anyway , without all sorts of HI Tec , the most HiTec equipments i have , it's MY brain , use it before it goes brain dead .

Poolman SG

i remind all new drivers , or drivers to be , if no info , always expect traffic jams on regular jam routes , always inform your paxes to expect some minor hold-up ... if no jams , it's just another bonus day for you .

It's definitely better than u tell them no jam , or u dunno at all , than kena jam .

FireIce SG

so this is good for passengers who are bored in the train?

CM840_2009 SG

i cant surf prawn on the train, so i did the next best thing :)

kinwashi SG

4th , anyway , without all sorts of HI Tec , the most HiTec equipments i have , it's MY brain , use it before it goes brain dead .

Mentor you are right 100%...just last tuesday one of my kaki OMO new hirer toyota crown, know him.. not long just about two months. He told wow GPS that little wonder, that he brought from IT fair, really good no regarded about...generated more income. Hey... just below $200 why? you never equip one of this gadget..all probelm solved. easy like ABC.

My answer, from day one till today...Mentor and Gurus are not using why? i need to use.

Me still practising the same kung fu from here the teaching...it worked well, and no probelm about.

What is the probelm last tuesday, at about 9.am this friend called me on my handphone...Brother some probelm...Why? where is Changi Exihibition Center...my GPS shown a big plot of vancant land...Are you sure, than how your GPS you told it good... my brain can simply tell you...aiya near cargo. changi coast road.

About half and hours later sms me( text shown)...thank bro found it.

So my question how can modern technology help? how good actually is.

Poolman SG

dunno la , my friend nicknamed me Street Directory .

Dunno why ????

FireIce SG

my frens nickname me google oni

Teolk SG

1 example i encounter,my pax using gps ask me turn right to clark quay from victoria st where it is a "no right turn"

I told him cannot turn right but he insist the gps says "can"

then i show him the "no right turn sign" only then he kept quiet

I felt like telling him if I kena fine by LTA will his gps help me pay or not lol

imo gps maybe helpful for private cars cos most of them are gudos

but taxi,better use the "gps" charged by brainwatts

Poolman SG

imo gps maybe helpful for private cars cos most of them are gudos

Gudos ? Goondos u meant ?

Yes i agree GOONDOS !!!!

Poolman SG

com to think of it , Goondos better not use any GPS , they'll create more hazards on the road !!!!

RotaryEngine SG

I would not mind using this General Purpose Secretary (GPS) as my Electronic Directories as a database gadget instead of the PRINTED Mighty Minds Directory. If you pick up a PAX and your car already start moving on a busy road. No way for you to read the Printed Directory if Pax tell you an alien road name you don't know.

PAX also don't know at all and just the XX number and road name. Night time some more. All the cars on your left and right unless you find some where to park.

Worst Case - Long Sighted (Lau Hwa Yan) to read and cannot read while you drive.

At least if you have a 7 inch LCD GPS - with the most updated map from SLA license - you can use your finger and Poke Poke Poke a few alphabet ... phrase intelligent.

You get there. If you do not have a good memory and want a GPS, get a good one with the best Maps and systems.

Of course don't rely on this GPS.

GPS has no brain - it tell you to turn ( like what Teolk experience with his PAX insistence) when there is no U turn sign. Because it is relying on calculation base on it's database. If you rely on the GPS instruction - Big problems.

Treat it as your Electronic Dictionary or Database and turn it off.

Poolman SG

no , u don't drive that way ....

U first start off as " where is the location ? " before u move off ....

If cannot figure out the location , one must stop at a safety place , non-obstruction location , to find the exact location before moving off .

U don't move off without knowing which way to go .

RotaryEngine SG

Pool, i understand. But sometime you might pick up a Pax on a busy road by the road side where you have no time to ask....especially in town at busy road.....

i am just imagining a scenario... not at a taxi stand...

KCTK SG

tan, day shift no problem. sure kena red light at traffic junction. after using the mighty minds so long, usually takes me 10-15 secs to locate the destination. cos usually if need to see street directory means ulu minor road. most times already know the major road on which map number. my first mighty minds street directory used until like salted fish. new one sui sui, seldom need to touch oredy. i think GPS more suitable for nite shift. but then again nite shift is all about 1) sending people home, no problem then, bcos they know the best way oredy. 2) clubs, ktv, etc, most of which are in well-known locations, so u dun really need a GPS, do u? my guess, is that one might use it for maybe 6 months, after that your experienced brain gps automatically kicks in. dun need any other gadget. become $399 white elephant after that. even if u are a millionaire driver, like poolie, just think, $399 is what u earn from 3-4 days of taxi driving. why waste bullet?

RotaryEngine SG

kc, you are absolutely correct.. own brain is better than e-brain..

CM840_2009 SG

mighty minds street directory comes with a free disk for you to install the maps into computer/laptop/netbook/mobile phone

Link: http://www.mightyminds.com.sg/mm/

KCTK SG

licence to use is until 30 June 2010 only hor. after that click how many times oso won't start. anyone tried installing the DIGImap into a smartphone? thinking of getting samsung omnia 2 and installing it although the omnia 2 already comes with gps software, cos what i need is maps, not gps. if fast then can ditch the hardcopy mighty mind.