DriveSmart 50 No screen lock?

 

I've been the proud owner of a Nuvi 750 since 2008. I love this old thing. I bought a new DriveSmart 50 and cannot find a way to lock the screen. I feel vunerable to the fact that if stolen, one could drive right to my house. I actually put my address in by creating my first trip with BaseCamp. When I entered my starting point it ask me if it could be called Home.
This happened to a friend whose car was broken into in Cleveland.
He also had a nuvi, but never set the lock.
Does this concern anyone else? Am I missing something by not finding a way to lock it?

Not an issue for me

I tried a quick search for how long ago Garmin On The Road devices lost the screen lock but couldn't find it. My nuvi 2460 still has it so it was removed in models released some time after 2/2011. In any event, Garmin On The Road devices have not offered Garmin Lock for a long time. I confess I did originally set a lock but I have no problem with it having been removed years ago by Garmin as they released newer models.

A discussion of setting Home to be your home or not your home has been discussed to death here and elsewhere if you want to search for the pros and cons.

Not on my list of worries.

If someone wants to know where you live, they don't need your stolen nuvi to find out. I have lots of things I worry about, but that isn't one of them.

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

Old feature

I thought I had read that was a feature Garmin decided to retire as it was seldom used. I've heard several recommendations about putting an address near your house. I recall one person mentioning the police station that was near his house.

Really, if a thief breaks into your car, they can get your address anyway. Vehicle registration and insurance papers has my address right on it and sitting in the glove compartment.

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Garmin Nuvi 2450

unless.....

jfossy wrote:

Really, if a thief breaks into your car, they can get your address anyway. Vehicle registration and insurance papers has my address right on it and sitting in the glove compartment.

Unless of course, your vehicle is registered to a P.O. Box

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Not An Option In VA

BarneyBadass wrote:
jfossy wrote:

Really, if a thief breaks into your car, they can get your address anyway. Vehicle registration and insurance papers has my address right on it and sitting in the glove compartment.

Unless of course, your vehicle is registered to a P.O. Box

Not an option In VA. Physical address required.

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Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267

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I've never understood why people consider someone "getting their address from their nuvi and driving right to their house" more of a risk than the hundreds of people who already drive right by your house everyday anyway.

Somwhere Over The Rainbow...

phranc wrote:
BarneyBadass wrote:
jfossy wrote:

Really, if a thief breaks into your car, they can get your address anyway. Vehicle registration and insurance papers has my address right on it and sitting in the glove compartment.

Unless of course, your vehicle is registered to a P.O. Box

Not an option In VA. Physical address required.

No, no, no... Thats not it..

But seriously, somewhere in the dark recesses of my twisted mind, I seem to recall something about members of certain categories of people, (cops, state officials & a few others) on their registration had a PO BOX listed for their safety. Inside the DMV, there was an "alt" address that presented the physical address associated with the PO BOX.

Of course, someone not in the "Special category" tried to register a PO BOX for their car and was declined.

So of course, the people litigated and lost.

Sometime later, a woman was stalked and her address was obtained off the registration.

The woman sued the state for not protecting her the same way as the "Special Category" of people and of course she won.

So now I think using a PO BOX as your address on your Drivers License & Registration are now legal.

But, I'm pulling this out of the back of my hear.. And I think I came across this about 20 or more years ago.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

I think you're right.

BarneyBadass wrote:
phranc wrote:
BarneyBadass wrote:
jfossy wrote:

Really, if a thief breaks into your car, they can get your address anyway. Vehicle registration and insurance papers has my address right on it and sitting in the glove compartment.

Unless of course, your vehicle is registered to a P.O. Box

Not an option In VA. Physical address required.

No, no, no... Thats not it..

But seriously, somewhere in the dark recesses of my twisted mind, I seem to recall something about members of certain categories of people, (cops, state officials & a few others) on their registration had a PO BOX listed for their safety. Inside the DMV, there was an "alt" address that presented the physical address associated with the PO BOX.

Of course, someone not in the "Special category" tried to register a PO BOX for their car and was declined.

So of course, the people litigated and lost.

Sometime later, a woman was stalked and her address was obtained off the registration.

The woman sued the state for not protecting her the same way as the "Special Category" of people and of course she won.

So now I think using a PO BOX as your address on your Drivers License & Registration are now legal.

But, I'm pulling this out of the back of my hear.. And I think I came across this about 20 or more years ago.

I think you're correct, Barney. You can show a PO Box, but it has to have a physical address on record. For Tax purposes, of course.

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Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267

Dum de Dum Dum... :)

phranc wrote:

I think you're correct, Barney. You can show a PO Box, but it has to have a physical address on record. For Tax purposes, of course.

That may be the case in Va. where for some unknown reason they think a vehicle is "real property"...

I don't think that's the case in Ca... they just tax the stew out of everyone.. for anything.. almost as bad Md. and their "Rain Tax!"

I'm sure there are some other "Wonderful, strange and wacky" taxes levied in other parts of the country so I'm not really picking on either Va. or Md...

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!