Re: GPS Windshield Mounts Illegal in over Half the U.S. - GPS Tracklog

[Ray Niemeir]

I'm a big fan of the Bracketron:
http://www.amazon.com/Bracketron-UFM-100BL-Nav-Mat-Friction-Dash/dp/B000U5TUWE/
Which I use with a gps or iOttie for iPhone
http://www.amazon.com/iOttie-HLCRIO102-Windshield-Dashboard-Universal/dp/B007FHX9OK/

Both are good deals at normal Amazon offered price, but my iOttie was on sale for $13.99
and I got one of my 4 Bracktrons for $11.58, others a little higher.

The Scion dash is well suited for dash mounts, which I prefer for adjustable viewing and ease of stashing under the seat without having to unstick the "steal me" mount.

On Sep 25, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Chad R. Larson wrote:

> On 9/25/14 1:50 PM, John Moore wrote:
>> http://gpstracklog.com/2014/07/gps-windshield-mounts-illegal-half-u-s.html
>>
>> This is crazy!
>>
>> It's okay to have a GPS built into your dash, where you need to take
>> your eyes away from the road to see it, but it many states, it is
>> illegal to have it mounted on your windshield were you don't have to
>> take your eyes off the road!
>
> I have two windshield mounts. One for my Garmin Street Pilot, and one for my iPhone 4 (I'll bet my soon to be purchased iPhone 6 won't fit it).
>
>> One wonders what sort of idiocy led to this. Perhaps car manufacturers
>> trying to destroy the GPS industry so folks would buy their inferior
>> in-car nav systems? Or, more likely, just safety busy-bodies who don't
>> think.
>
> "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
>
> It's the same thinking that got us the high-mounted center brake lights.
>
>> I was looking at this because the GPS build into my new Toyota
>> Highlander is distinctly inferior to my cheap, suction mount Tom Tom. I
>> can, however, mount it on the dash, except the dash mount doesn't work
>> as well as the suction cup.
>
> My iPhone 4 had a better GPS receiver than the Garmin. It also tracked both the US GPS and the Russian Glasnost.
> --
> Chad R. Larson (CRL15) ch...@DCFinc.com
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>