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Obviously you wouldnt mount a tomtom directly in front of the driver but beyond that what is consdiered the best/safest area of the windshield for mounting?
If you accept that there is no such thing as a "Safe Place", then it comes down to a choice/compromise on a number of issues:-
As you have implied, it needs to be in a position that it does NOT obscure your Driving Vision (under any circumstances).
However, IMHO, it also needs to be in a position that is NOT far away from your line of sight (you really don't want to have to take your eyes off the road to look at it).
Most Users seem to mount it in the middle of the Windscreen (usually towards the bottom of the screen, although I have noticed that some mount them high up).
Again, IMHO, the problem about mounting them low-down & centrally is that (with the significant slope of the Windscreen) it is physically quite some distance away (hence making it harder to operate).
If you drive a Right-Hand Drive Car (as an example, Cars in the UK), then you are trying to operate it with your Left-Hand - not ideal for most people.
Because of all that (& I drive a right-hand drive Car in the UK), I personally have mounted mine on the extreme R/H side of the screen (assuming that the sucker-mount will fix, owing to the increase curvature) - it is out of my immediate Line of Sight, (but, easily seen without taking "eyes of road"), plus it is easy to operate with my R/H!
Thank you John-Jay for the insight. I'm currently concluding that I will house/mount the TT on the dash. The car is a BMW335 and the windshield has a lot of slope pretty much putting the TT out of reach if mounted low.
MJKincaid
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@MJKincaid
Mine are Dashboard mounted...
If you Google "Safest area on a windscreen for mounting a Sat Nav" there are many suggestions.....
ATB YFM
Because of all that (& I drive a right-hand drive Car in the UK), I personally have mounted mine on the extreme R/H side of the screen (assuming that the sucker-mount will fix, owing to the increase curvature) - it is out of my immediate Line of Sight, (but, easily seen without taking "eyes of road"), plus it is easy to operate with my R/H!