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, they may cause aS much trouble as good.。 Arecent study found
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? 1 at 19 percent of drivers who used their GPS lost concentration while
compared to 17 pereent Qf map readers
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c yStemsS are Stuck on Wlndscreens preventing the driver from seelng fully
ahead, and even more distracting and dangerous is programming GPS while
ig. In fact, according to one Survey, one in ten drivers with navlgation systems_does
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put aroute_before leaving. Furthermore, half of those drivers admit that they have
1 attempted to input aroute while driving. So they pay less attention to_tratfic and
s1gnsS. Despite the fact that the technology for the most part 1s correct, once in a While
ere are mistakes 紀at could put the drivers in danger. Drivers who rely entirely on their
PS devices have plunged into waters, buildings, wedged their vehicles into narrow alleys
jriven 崗e wrong way onaone-way Street.
Distracted motorists and heavy reliance on GPS have already been ridiculed in an
merican commercial showing a distracted driver ends up driving through a coftee Shop
window because he depends too much on his GPS. However, this issue is never a laughing
matter Jfused incorrectly, satellite navigation equipment can cause fatal accidentS。
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