Do you use GPS in your job?

last SG · 2009-04-18T22:42:58+00:00

i ever use the maps on the IPhone to locate ban leong service center, just stop the car look at the gps and drive again. i not very good with eastern part

Poolman SG

It's a skill to how i ask customer which way to go ?

Say from Takashimaya SC to Tampines ... i will ask : " CTE > PIE ? " Or ECP ?

Even if i know Nicholl highway , i only gave them my choice , not their choice ! Unless they knew and specific .

No way i asked : " Do u want me to go by Nicholl highway ? "

This is what i call dig your own grave .

Poolman SG

if they specific Nicholl Highway , i would asked further : " U don't mind those jams at Guillemard Road , right ? Now jam not cheap u know ? $0.20 per 25 secs . "

Poolman SG

so far for direction me

a)rely on myself
b)double check with pax
c)check street directory
d)sms friends
e)never use GPS
f)never called comfort

OK...This is your test, use what is available as you mention.

Uncle i want to go to old tampines road.

From Takashimaya.

Must ask which part of Old Tampines Road , Flora Road also Old Tampines Road !

Anyhow go , later headache .

Poolman SG

if this knn customer tell me , Old Tampines Road , i straight away say : " Hello , u got any idea how long is Old Tampines Road , Hougang side also Old Tampines Road , many chinese temple stretch also Old Tampines Road , Tampines Ikea also Old Tampines Road , Pasir Ris also got one Old Tampines Road . "

Poolman SG

Logically Old Tampines Old , i will give them 2 question : " Hougang side or Pasir Ris Side ? "

Simple .... the more u emphasis , the more they confuse .

ALN SG

oh yeah forgot about the flora road part… reminds me of old jurong road… dun know left how many portions liao…

taka to tamp take nicol means go thru orchard jam b4 reaching nicol… wau lan eh… and after nicol if need to take guilemard instead of KPE-PIE…. even more wau lan eh…. better to take another taxi lah…. haha

kinwashi SG

oh yeah forgot about the flora road part… reminds me of old jurong road… dun know left how many portions liao…

Listen carefully, highway guru Uncle Alvin.

Who say flora road is old tampines road.

This pax is going to the white temple at Old Tampines Road.

Me also target flora, kenna screw by him. How many year are you driving, Old Tampines Road also you don't know.

From Hougang Ave 3 toward Tampines road, on the right is Paya Lebar Airbase. this road is old Tampines road.

Can you believe it. So i challenge him...than we drove from Hougang Ave 3 toward Tampines road yes... at half way the journey there is a big sign board clearly stated the sign show (OLD) Tampines Road.

Actually the white temple the raod is called Tampines Link.

jayh272416 SG

Must ask which part of Old Tampines Road , Flora Road also Old Tampines Road !

Anyhow go , later headache .

actually hougang side is Tampines Rd. not old tampines rd. haha.

ALN SG

ya lah old tampines road is disjointed one…. flora road area then Tamp IKEA to houg ave 3…. but recently the tamp IKEA stretch changed name to be tamp link….

i took the IKEA stretch a few times liao…. pax from tamp to houg like to take that road instead of TPE-KPE… but actually distance about the same… cos old tamp road need to be curve up due to paya airbase…

Teolk SG

Back then....

Tampines Road starts from Upp Serangoon rd (Near the present Kovan Melody) then Old Tampines road starts from PL airbase all the way to Upp Changi rd near changi prison.

Since the construction of TPE & birth of Pasir Ris New town,most of this Old Tampines rd were "cut" into pieces

It is interesting to know part of Pasir ris new town were once part of Old Tampines rd

Who can still remember the present Flora rd used to be a fishing pond? And there was also a very old bus terminal at the end of this Old Tampines rd with bus 80 & 81 stopping there :)

Memories.....

ALN SG

wow teolk, u stay there or you historian? haha….

i think jurong road and CCK road also like that….

Teolk SG

wow teolk, u stay there or you historian? haha….

i think jurong road and CCK road also like that….

just happened that i'm staying there back in the late 70s...

Poolman SG

My buddy Curtis used a GPS to drive .

He relied so much , without it , he can really struggle .

Once he drove me home after a coffee break .

Yeah it's good , u tell the machine CCK Ave 4 , he bring u there . Turn left turn right , all voice prompt !!

But ..... i personally seen it myself .

The machine before reached my destination , they actually response : " U reached your destination ! "

But wtf , we're still at the main road !!!!

lianamaster SG

thelionsleepstonight SG

There's this one time when pax has gps on phone. when I had stopped at pax's block the gps phone says turn right 50ms ahead.

CM840_2009 SG

bought this at the pc show from east gear:

Holux 62

Poolman SG

hope is useful .... my advice to all soon-to-be cabby , rely too much on gps tech , might not improve too much to the familiarity of sgp's routes .

u try to use the conventional ways , if still cannot then gps , then u'll learn more this way .

CM840_2009 SG

gps is just the backup, i prefer the conventional way, use the brain first :)

the gps unit set me back $399 and the battery cant even last 2 hours, but if plug into the car charger then no problem

Teolk SG

I seriously still believe in using my brain to navigate,keeps me young & not getting rusty lol

once my pax go T2 & using GPS,along airport boulevard the GPS show turn right to Ford Road!!! wtf

Benqepson68 SG

nope rather use my blain .

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