GPS

[Anonymous-0]

wife bought a new gps for her car today. another
customer advised her not to put our home address
in it. instead, put address of your nearest police station instead. say you are at a ball game and someone breaks into your car and steals the gps. they are suprised when they end up at the police station. also I had a delivery driver that was held up at gunpoint in bad part of town a few years ago. they stole his watch,rings,
credit cards, ect. they held up his drivers license and told him '' we have your home address
and if you call the cops we will pay you a visit.
he never reported it to police. I since have never put my correct address on my license.

 

[Lloyd In South Carolina]

Does is lock? Lots of the newer GPS's can be password locked. Solves the prob you spoke of, and renders it useless to the theif as they can not use it.

L.

 

[Anonymous-0]

didn;t know that, havn't looked at the new one yet

 

[greenbeanman in Kansas]

"I since have never put my correct address on my license."

You don't get by with that in Kansas these days.

For starters you must present information (from a certain list) that shows your current residence.

Next they issue a temporary license and mail your permanent license to the address they've taken as your correct one.

 

[just another old geezer]

If you never put your correct address on your drivers license, how will the police ever notify your family in event of driving death or injury???

 

[Goose]

I agree. Our daughter got a speeding ticket in Nebraska when she was in the process of moving to Washington DC. The trooper asked if that was her correct address, and without thinking she gave him her DC address. So, he cited her for not having her current address on her license.

She had to get a Nebraska license with her DC address. Two days later, she left for DC permanently. A Nebraska license with a DC address? I never did figure that out.

Plus, the speeding ticket was shaky to start with and amounted to nothing more than entrapment. I hate to say it, but that was the day I started losing respect for the Nebraska State Patrol. I've had other issues since.

 

[greenbeanman in Kansas]

I suppose it is different since I'm divorced and living alone.

In my wallet in the first showing window holder I have a neon pink folded sheet marked EMERGENCY CONTACTS.

On it I list my daughter, son in law, their home and cell and work numbers, addresses, etc. then my brother, etc.

The sheet also has my blood type in bold right near my Red Cross donor card. Also that I have no known allergies to medications, etc.

Even if I don't carry my wallet when out biking, jogging, etc. I do carry this emergency contact sheet.

Personally I think we should all have something like that for the ease of emergency workers, police, doctors, etc.

 

[Lesformore]

It seems to me that a GPS in a car or personal truck is nothing more than a toy. Nearly all the driving I do I can do without a map let alone a GPS. If I had one it would be at home unless I was going to a far away place I hadn't been to before. Then it wouldn't stay in the vehicle when I left it.