This year it seems that year one of the popular gifts seems to be GPS/Navigation systems.
Are people getting lost going to and from work or the grocery store more than I know about?
I can understand the benefit if you are traveling or in a city you don't live in, like rent car situations. I thought most car accidents happen within 10 miles of home, so the majority of people never get that far away from the house. I don't remember seeing people using road maps on their way to Kroger.
I guess it just a case of keeping up the "Jones's"?
Now, I have to say I have a navigation system, but if check my blog for July 2005 you'll see that I assembled my own!
3 comments:
I have a feeling that the reason most accidents occur within a 10 mile radius of home is not due to the fact that people don't get further than that, but more so because people get more relaxed and are more likely to not be paying as much attention to where they are going and what they are doing in areas they are very familiar with.
However, I agree with your point. Mom wanted me to take her GPS and use it anywhere I went when I was home. I said I didn't need it because I could just use maps.google.com and get there easier. It actually was more hurtful than helpful one time when I was trying to get to Tricia's beach house because the road I needed to go on didn't exist in the system. So, I spent forever fighting with it since Mom insisted that I use it, when it turns out later that it only took like 2 turns after I forced her to just TELL ME how to get there.
I have a GPS. I bought it for my drive homein the summer. I know the way to PA but we took several scenic routes back and went to TN, AL, and Florida. It was extremely useful. I don't use it much around here unless I am going somewehre on the other side of the city. Still I've pulled it out a time or two when I've gotten lost. I've lived here for 6 years but Houston still confuses me
I would have trouble finding my way out of a paper bag with a compass and a map, so a GPS in town actually makes sense to me. I am a creature of habit, but sometimes streets are closed and I want to find a different route or something and I don't have internet access in my car.
I'm getting better--my hubby bought me a locket that has a compass in it and I actually am figuring out how to use it. I just have trouble translating 2-D representations into 3-D.
I do wonder how often your average GPS owner uses it. I may be useless with a map, but technology doesn't scare me. I just don't see "grandma" being comfortable using something like that, though.
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