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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by willnonya on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:00PM (#34290688)
I agree that GPS makes finding where you are easier but it's a fallacy to pretend maps are hard to use. Anyone with an IQ above room temperature should be able to locate themselves on a map. It's only when you become so oblivious to your surroundings because you only know how ot listen to the GPS that this seems difficult...
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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by watwut on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:50PM (#34291910)
It can take quite a lot of time to figure that out. If you see Street name and number, sure, with index you will find it. But slowly.

And when you don't see no named sign, it takes a lot more time to find the place on map.

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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by anon7725 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:29PM (#34292396)
Locating yourself on a map while stationary and locating yourself on a map while operating a 3 ton vehicle at speed and looking for a particular turn are quite different things.
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