Steet Directory Syndrome

[wayfarer]

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

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

/me runs and hides

[SPIRIT]

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.

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

[joe greiner]

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

[Pusser]

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?

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.

[AlexS]

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?

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

[tea lady]

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.