Quite. But the more encouragement you give to idiots the more idiotic they
will be. A UK road safety organisation estimates a quarter of all accidents
are caused by driver distraction, and sat navs are as distracting a hand-held
mobiles. The irony is that they are probably referred to most when in
built-up areas with pedestrians, cyclists and traffic coming at you from all
directions, precisely when you need greatest attention on what is going on
outside the car.
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Complaining about GPS/Sat Nav just seems silly. It's a tool, use it wrong
and it'll be an issue. There are plenty of examples of dumb people getting
lost in the wilderness because they can't read a map or use a compass. Shall
we complain about that technology too? Don't blame the tool, blame the idiot
using it.
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