How often do you buy a new road atlas?

[Bullwinkle]

An accurate road atlas is a very important tool for truckers. While we most likely know just about every highway out there after we have driven for a while, there are constantly new roads being built, restrictions are changed for current roads, and laws regarding roads in different states change all the time. A current truckers road atlas provides you with a significant amount of current information such as low bridges, DOT contact information for individual states, various laws and requirements for individual states, and many more tools that are important to truck drivers.

Do you buy a new road atlas every year to stay on top of all the updates to the highways? Do you buy one every other year, or wait until you current atlas wears out?

I like to get a new one every year (rand mcnally, laminated version), just curious what everyone else does.

[JoeT]

I buy the laminated one from Rand McNally every other year at least. Sometimes I will buy one the very next year.

When I don't buy a new laminated version, I still at least buy the new regular version (regular paper, cheaper).

[Wrangler]

I have a laminated Rand Mcnally trucker's atlas (2007 version). This is my first atlas.

Is it important to always have a new one? I noticed there is quite a bit of trucking related information in it, I am assuming that alot of that changes from year to year.

[Bullwinkle]

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Originally Posted by Wrangler Is it important to always have a new one? I noticed there is quite a bit of trucking related information in it, I am assuming that alot of that changes from year to year.

I think it is a good idea to buy a new atlas every year. For as long as I can remember, there has bee updated information each and every year.

[DJohnson]

I puchase one every year, sometimes twice a year when I take mine into the house for some reason and forget it when I leave out

[Jayhawk]

Every year for me.

[3plus3]

My vote was when it falls apart, which equals about every year as well.