Sat-nav systems cause accidents: study

[04redxr8]

I am not a fan of GPS units myself. I did have one for about 3 months, and i just never really liked it.

Having said that, I feel the only reason that people are having accidents because of GPS units, is because they are simply useless. (The drivers, not the GPS). When I had a GPS, I found that it gave me plenty of notice about upcoming turns. It gave me plenty of time to plan my lane changes.

The only reason to look at the screen that I can think of is that the stereo may be up too loud to hear the directions. Can't see that as a GPS problem.

I put it down to a general dumbing down of society. Instead of raising the bar, we are progressively lowering it so that no one fails. Except for when they have accidents.

It is interesting to note that in the article, the Authorities measure how much time is spent looking at the GPS. I wonder if they have ever bothered to study how much time is spent looking at speedo's in speed camera locations.

It is about time we stopped blaming devices as distractions. People cause accidents. Not phones, not GPS's, but people.