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Hello, I'm brand new here. I got my brand-new Garmin GPSMAP 76Csx last year and I love it. It's great to travel with in the car or to hike with. I have a couple of questions though.

 

What's the difference when I set the unit to "Car/Motorcycle" compared to "Pedestrian/Bicycle"? Does it calculate things differently? If so, what does it calculate differently?

 

Thanks in advance,

Doug H.

Prescott Valley, AZ

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What's the difference when I set the unit to "Car/Motorcycle" compared to "Pedestrian/Bicycle"? Does it calculate things differently? If so, what does it calculate differently?
Yes. Things like: pedestrians are allowed to go the wrong way down one-way streets, vehicles are not; vehicles are allowed to go on interstate highways, pedestrians and bicycles are not (with rare exceptions in some places); pedestrians may be able to turn left at intersections where vehicles are not. I'm sure there are more, but you get the idea.

 

Welcome to the forums! :)

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What's the difference when I set the unit to "Car/Motorcycle" compared to "Pedestrian/Bicycle"? Does it calculate things differently? If so, what does it calculate differently?
Yes. Things like: pedestrians are allowed to go the wrong way down one-way streets, vehicles are not; vehicles are allowed to go on interstate highways, pedestrians and bicycles are not (with rare exceptions in some places); pedestrians may be able to turn left at intersections where vehicles are not. I'm sure there are more, but you get the idea.

 

Welcome to the forums! :D

 

Thanks Roy. This looks like a good place to learn. Your answer makes sense but I doubt I would have thought of those differences by myself.

 

...Doug

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What's the difference when I set the unit to "Car/Motorcycle" compared to "Pedestrian/Bicycle"? Does it calculate things differently? If so, what does it calculate differently?
Yes. Things like: pedestrians are allowed to go the wrong way down one-way streets, vehicles are not; vehicles are allowed to go on interstate highways, pedestrians and bicycles are not (with rare exceptions in some places); pedestrians may be able to turn left at intersections where vehicles are not. I'm sure there are more, but you get the idea.

 

Welcome to the forums! :D

 

Thanks Roy. This looks like a good place to learn. Your answer makes sense but I doubt I would have thought of those differences by myself.

 

...Doug

Yes you would've, "Darn it you're smart, and people like you!"

atribute : Jack Handy, ala SNL

 

Norm

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Yes you would've, "Darn it you're smart, and people like you!"

atribute : Jack Handy, ala SNL

Norm

 

Actually, it was the Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smally.

 

(unless someone corrects me)

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I'll throw in that your ETA in pedestrian mode is a LOT later that your ETA in car/motorcycle mode. In fact, I sometime change mode to pedestrian and forget. Then when I am navigating by car, and my ETA for a 5 mile trip says 1 hour, I say, "Doah!" and switch it back.

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