Did you have to read road maps back then
Did u ever get lost?
Yes. And yes. Geography and reading maps were two of my worst subjects in school.
I drove from MI to AL twice and back by myself in the days before cell phones. It wasn't the 80's but I didn't have a phone and I didn't have a GPS, just a map I'd printed off MapQuest.
Praise God for GPS's!!! I actually have 2 of them now because I don't have a smart phone and the battery was dying in the one I had.
However, one day, I had both GPS's in my car at the same time, both turned on, and both directed to go to different places. And I had completely forgotten about the second one being in my backpack on the front seat.
So for the life of me, I couldn't understand why I was hearing 2 voices (I thought it was an echo of the first, seeing as my first GPS had a lot of funky things going on with the sound) and THEY WERE EACH TELLING ME TO GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. I was so confused for about 3 blocks until I finally remembered to look for (and turn off) my second GPS.
Sigh. Well, at least I know what to name them... "Rightie" and "Leftie".
I never claimed to be the brightest bulb in the bunch!!!