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    Racing your GPS' Estimated Arrival Time makes congestion less of an issue on the road

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    Well, duh.

    However, the effect on safety is most likely more subtle; their number blitz does not impress me. Was there any research into how may drivers would have hit curbs and run yellow lights (perfectly legal where I'm sitting) without the GPS in the car? Perhaps those who do so with GPS are just as likely to do so without GPS. Sounds a bit silly and a lot like scare mongering to me.

    That said, uncheck the GPS option, save a cool grand or two, and buy a Thomas Guide or equivalent. Just don't try to look through that and drive...
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    How many of them ended up driving around in circles because their GPS failed to warn them that the roads ahead have changed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingofthering View Post
    How many of them ended up driving around in circles because their GPS failed to warn them that the roads ahead have changed?
    LOL.

    I have never raced the GPS' time, but I have raced the estimated arrival time on panels at motorways. Tis fun to beat your previous record...
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    Quote Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13 View Post
    Well, duh.

    However, the effect on safety is most likely more subtle; their number blitz does not impress me. Was there any research into how may drivers would have hit curbs and run yellow lights (perfectly legal where I'm sitting) without the GPS in the car? Perhaps those who do so with GPS are just as likely to do so without GPS. Sounds a bit silly and a lot like scare mongering to me.
    Also, 7M people is a staggeringly large sample size, how'd they pull that one off?
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    Extrapolation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    Extrapolation.
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.

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