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Re:Paper Map Sales Are Booming by WWLink on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:49PM (#34493989)
A lot of cars have the option to display a map on the radio screen, so I'm kinda surprised. I love using that thing! I always have an idea of the alternative streets available when I'm stuck in traffic because it's always there.
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Re:Paper Map Sales Are Booming by brewdad on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:09PM (#34494254)
I had a rental car in LA once that couldn't decide if I was on the freeway, the off-ramp or the surface street nearby. It spent a good 10 minutes constantly telling me to make impossible turns or even U-turns before I turned it off and relied on my general sense of the area from previous visits and road signage.

GPS is great when it works and downright dangerous when it doesn't.

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