How to Tell Direction While You're Driving
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A basic sense of direction is the most fundamental skill to cultivate for anyone looking to navigate without the help of digital accessories, and provides an excellent fall-back solution for when primary navigation systems fail. A driver should always know generally which direction they intend to travel, and be able to confirm they are traveling roughly that direction throughout the duration of their trip.
This can be accomplished by utilizing basic land nav and orienteering skills and tracking the position of the sun, knowing that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and gauging the sun's position in the morning and afternoon. During mid-day travel, the sun will typically be in the southern shy if you're in the northern hemisphere, and in the northern sky if you're in the southern hemisphere. This is a rough guide, please check the seasons and your particular location for more complete information.
Additionally, it is the driver's responsibility to have a fundamental understanding of the highway system for the region you will be traveling. Here in the US, our primary roads are designated with even numbers when they are horizontal east-west routes, and odd numbers when they are vertical north-south routes. Additionally, mile markers along those routes ascend as you travel north and east, and descend as you travel south and west. This allows travelers to know what direction they are headed any time of the day and in any weather.
If you do find yourself lost on a remote road or off road, generally the best plan is to continue taking turns onto any larger and more-traveled roads. Even if these roads head generally in the wrong direction, if your primary goal is to re-orient yourself, that can most easily be accomplished by finding a main road and navigating again from there. These skills are typically used for overland travel and expeditious driving, but can and should be employed at all times until they are second nature.
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The only direction I'll be traveling now is West, trying to get the hell out of NYC while I still can.
@Liam.Lacoste
4 жыл бұрын
Stay safe buddy!
@jameshaulenbeek5931
4 жыл бұрын
Escape from NY?
@601marcusable
2 жыл бұрын
Snake plissken
Im writing this from the uk, great knowledge as always. Your road systems are so good in the us i.e. even and odd numbers equating directions. We only have junction numbers on our motorways.
@rhekman
4 жыл бұрын
US Interstate exit numbers are also numbered with their mile-marker - e.g. Exit 220 is 220 miles from the eastern state border, and 10 miles from exit 230. Wyatt's description of highway numbering applies to the Interstate Highway system. It's reversed for "US Highways", which are a step below. The hierarchy of road systems in the US is: Interstate, US Highway, State Highway, County Road, City Street
@curtisshaw6887
4 жыл бұрын
@@rhekman thanks for the reply interesting.
@RockBand2Freak78
3 жыл бұрын
As a commercial driver I just love highways lmao
@TheTrauma85
Жыл бұрын
You also have A or B symbol, which tells you are either heading Clockwise or Anticlockwise direction respectively, eg M62 A Eastbound, M62 B westbound or the other way round, cannot remember.
I can't wait to get out to the rally school one day! Hopefully in the near future
I got excited because I knew the comments were going to be good this week!
Nice JDM Hi-Lux you’ve got there!👍
flat earthers will dislike this nice video.
@r000tbeer
4 жыл бұрын
Why? Roads are flat, Earthy is flat! Duhh!!1111
Love it! Simple, but I did not know!!! Great video! I learned a lot!!!!
Thank you so much for this information. I have no idea about how to tell where north south etc is I either missed this class or wasn't paying attention at all.
This was pretty cool! Learned some new things
Thank you for sharing all this great information.
Thank you so much for this awesome content!!!
Great information! Thank you!
Very useful. I was hikding and could not recall of the highway that I was near ran N S or E W. Super helpful. Thanks!
Thank you!
...and a folded paper map does not take too much space in the car, keeping in mind it is durable for years or decades :)
@lisa-jm2ky
2 жыл бұрын
Szia magyar
Extremely useful!! Thank you so much!!! I will need it !! I really need understand the Routes. I will travel to US.
Awesome content!
Thank you SO much for this video. I've looked up this basic info before but it never made much sense until YOU explained it. I hate when I'm in my car leaving a store or event no where near where I live and GPS says, "head west" and I'm like🤷♀️. If I'm not moving, or not moving fast enough, GPS won't tell me which way to turn , to go west and I end up having to make u- turns and exit the highway cause I'm going the wrong way🤦 thank you!
GREAT INFORMATION!
Thank you👍
Great video!
Sun fails on a cloudy day. Try to orient yourself using landmarks. Large mountains,valleys,lakes. In Japan I used the unique rust pattern on a water tower. When exploring I either try concentric circles or make all right turns till I return or deadend. Back tracking should be all lefts. Once you have a trail you know you can make side trips to increase comfort. Scrawling a quick route chart, making stone cairns or scratching arrows at forks keeps it from all looking the same if you get confused. Red ribbons work better than bread crumbs. If lost get high...and look around. Drive up a hill, a parking structure or climb a tree. Between gps and Google Earth route finding is becoming a lost art.
you blew my mind
thank you i did not know the trick with the routes
In other easy way to remember the numbers going up or down is reading left to right so if you start all the way on the left in California and you read to the right toward New England the numbers are going up. But then I thought we didn't start on that side we founded America on the opposite side so you would think the numbers would start low there and go higher the opposite direction if things were to make perfect sense. Or maybe California was the first state to start making highways that would make sense or somewhere near there well those are my thoughts have a good day
I usually just look around at what the signs are and what land marks there are in the land, like i can fully give a 4x4 tour of my town and ive only had a car for 6 months
Tbh I'm horrible with directions, I'm a journeyman electrician and there will be times when I have to set something on the east side of the building, or what not, and I have to ask which way is east 😅. I have the day off, and I'm taking the time to learn this
I grew up before gps...this is how people should learn to drive!
How do you know if your driving north or southbound on a reg street?
Hey wayatt, I live in suburban California, what’s a good way to get into rally driving in this barren wasteland?
that red truck is cool tho
I know left and right
Its amazing how i learn so many basic new things as old as i am...
Shout out to Sioux Falls South Dakota
Wat about the hand brake.
Can you please refer me some Canadian info which’s explains same as you. Thanks
I used to be confused about N.W.E.S ,Now I'm completely confused
Kinsman Notch!!!!
@Teamoneilrally
4 жыл бұрын
Social Distancing at it's best!
Keep in mind, Odd even rule is not applicable to loops like I-610
I don’t think I will ever instant this shit lol
Is it yellow line will take you to a bigger road? Also white line to get out of the neighborhood? something like that. Anybody know about this?
And I get confused when someone says "Hey I am in the southwest parking lot"
just got corona bux maybe time for a class
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I still did not understand. Yes, im terrible with directions. Can anyone please explain😫im a new driver too...so it will be a great help. Thanks !!! I was confused when he said, "if it's the morning and if the sun is in my riht, im heading to the north"....is this true?
KZread is god
>999th like >NOOO