OK time to fess up --- do you disable Garmin Safe Mode

Didn't know there was such a mode. I wouldn't have it enabled anyway. I can decide for myself when it is safe to operate the GPS. I don't want it to decide that for me.

disabled..to save gas...from having to stop to punch in new directions.

Mine is disabled. My wife can't (won't) figure out how to use it so that's not an option. Plus there's something about me not having it while I drive -- almost as bad as letting someone else hold the remote control while I watch TV

I would worry more about drivers that have Built in GPSr units, these units are usually below the dash level and actually take mental ability's to focus on the unit and while doing so you completely look off the road and when you look back up you must refocus on the road.. Now these units are really dangerous.

The build in units that have a sight line below the dash level, and should always be locked while the car is moving, even with a passenger.

I disable safe mode.

Disabled first day and never been on since.

Disabled.

If I disabled it, I would fall asleep while driving.

I have disabled it, and have been good at not fiddling with it while moving, especially in traffic. That said, I've never really needed to change directions in the middle of a trip in progress. If I do, I'm usually stopped for something else anyway. My twelve year old is more than happy to make necessary adjustments.

I can say that I don't initiate phone calls or read / reply / compose text messages or emails on my smartphone while moving either, but most people also wouldn't believe that...

I don't remember disabling it but it must be because I have changed some settings while driving.

Two GPS's and both disabled. I know that my wife dosen't know that you have the option to turn it on or off. If she did, her's would be turned on.

Of course it's disabled, but using the Nuvi 760's bluetooth capability to keep the phone out of my hand makes it a wash safety wise...

I think it's obvious that Safe Mode is for everybody but me. I'm the only one who can multitask safely. The rest of you maniacs need to keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the steering wheel!

Mine is off... I cant imagine, not being able to use it if i need to... though my wife usually pushes the buttons when she's in the car

Yea I do the same thing, I disabled the safe mode, but the difference between you and I is that I do not "fiddle" with the device while "flying" down roads. I usually drive.

Disabled with a co-pilot.I still can not keep my hands off of it even when driving.

I thought everyone disabled this feature....

want to be able to change my mind of where to go!

I turned it off right out of the box.

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So that's what it's for.

Who hear disables their seat belts and air bags?
be honest, you know how many times i needed to get my lunch from my trunk while driving down the freeway riding the guard rail

I don't know about that, but the 17" wide screen flat panel monitor hooked up to my portable DvD player works great on my dashboard to watch movies as I drive!

although I almost never touch the GPS while driving.

I do...

The consensus seems to bb to turn safe mode off.

I turned mine off but I don't text while driving.

Guilty as charged

Disabled. The work around I am trying to find is how to get to the gps touch screen while accelerating so hard that my seatbelt engages and holds me back in my seat. Any ideas?

Hi,

Disabled

Mike

always off!!!!

abled

Never had it on.

Disabled.

Off the day it arrived...

Is there really any other way?

Turned it off.

Interesting, but not a huge surprise: the verdict is close to unanimous for Disabled, here. You know the only reason Garmin even offers the feature is not because Safe Mode is something users want, but just to make it hard for somebody to win a lawsuit against Garmin when an accident results because somebody was fiddling with a GPS.

I rented a car once that had a built-in GPS and as far as I could tell, there was no option to disable Safe Mode in the menus that I could find. That's kind of silly because it is possible that the unit is being controlled by the passenger rather than the driver. You had to be stopped to make any entry to it.

Like almost everything in life, driving is a dangerous activity and there is no way to make it totally safe. I try to limit my interaction with my Nuvi to times when there is little traffic around me. So basically, I inherently understand that driving is dangerous and am prudently cautious but I don't feel the need to idiot proof my use of caution.

>>limit interaction with nuvi when there is little traffic

I, too, limit my GPS tinkering to times when there is little traffic around ... or until I run off the side of the road and hit those thump-thump-thump-thump shoulder bumps (which are designed to wake up sleepy truck drivers .... and folks like me who mess with their GPS's while moving.)

Man, are we all "bad to the bone," or what with this "SAFE MODE" setting.

Oh yeah, I'm guilty.

Off from day one

I'd forgotten there even WAS a safe mode!

disable

Of course. Isn't the safe mode just legal-ease anyway?

Isn't that when it is unplugged?

Disabled!! And proud of it!lol

Changing the gps while operating a car is far more of a hazard than talking on the phone. If people do this, they will make it a law that the manufacture make the units that will eliminate this feature. I never touch my unit once the car is moving. I found it is not necessary to touch it, if you have enter the information correctly. You can program it to show and poi that you want to view on your track to where you are going.