Seems a little silly to me. Rarely looked at, usually you follow the voice prompts. My unit mounts on the windshield, but I have it low down near the dash. >From my point of view, it covers mostly the wipers and little bit of the hood I can see. The little bit of road area it would cover, is so close to the car as to be of no matter. The main reason it's on the windshield is to expose the antenna more and to amplify it's speaker. It's rarely mounted, just used on trips. See you ALL at the Spring Meet... Ray On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 7:28 AM, <pffkllc@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > > > Forcing you to put the GPS unit below the dash also forces you to take > your eyes completely off the road when you look at it - not the best thing > if > you ask me. If obstruction of view is the concern, I would suggest that a > Garmin unit takes up little more room of your view than an EZ Pass unit > and > at least when you are looking at it, your eyes can still be seeing the > road in front of you. > > Has anyone actually checked the NYS motor vehicle laws to confirm that > mounting the unit anywhere on the windshield is a violation????? > > Pete Fitch > > In a message dated 5/4/2013 3:39:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > I agree with the NYS 'above the dash' law. I would find it very > distracting > > to have a brightly colored screen in my line of vision. Wish CT would > adopt > same. > > I keep mine on a little shelf below the radio of my daily driver. Not > visible from outside the car and I can stick it in my pocket when I leave > the car on the street or in a parking lot. As long as I can hear it, I'm > good to go. > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamie Hyde" <_jamie.hyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (mailto:jamie.hyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > To: <_Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 3:26 PM > Subject: [Chrysler300] Re: 300 Navigation Disc > > > In NYS we have a hands free law that states you cannot be holding any > > electronic device with your hand, GPS, Cell Phone, Ipod, ect. The road > > block that was set up next to my office, nabbed my office mate for > having > > his GPS unit affixed to the windshield. The trooper who wrote his > citation > > told him that NYS law states that no device can be mounted above the > > dashboard plane (I assume back to the old radar detector days) . Half > the > > cars on the I90 thruway would be in violation if they elected to enforce > > it. It must have been a slow day as they usually do a brisk business on > > writing up drivers for inspection stickers out of date. A portable GPS > > would also not be covered by insurance if someone were to break into > your > > car to remove it. After my office worker got nailed it was one of the > > reasons I installed a used factory RB1 head unit into my 300M special, > the > > one I installed has built in blue tooth as well. I checked with my > carrier > > and she stated that the unit would be covered if someone damaged the car > > and took it, I also installed one in my wife's jeep although her unit > does > > not have the Bluetooth feature. I agree that in your letter car it would > > handy to have, and easy to remove when parked, just watch out in NY. See > > some of you soon in St Louis. > > > > Jamie Hyde > > 585-321-2721 Office > > 585-465-0067 Cell > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > > _Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to _bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) or > > > go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select > the > > "Leave Group" button > > > > For list server instructions, go to > > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > > > For archives go to > > http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylangYahoo! > Groups > > Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- *Ray Jones. Y'all come on down an see us. 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