On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Darryl Johnson <darryl_johnson_at_rogers.com>wrote: > > I get a chuckle out of people driving down major highways with the little > screens on the dash in front of them showing the way. It's a major highway, > people. There's not a lot of places to get lost! > > OK, so some of them are waiting for instructions as to which exit to take. > But I see a lot of people who, I am reasonably certain, are just commuters > going to or coming from work. > > Well...... in some fairness to those who leave a GPS on much of the time regardless of location (and I'm one) here are some reasonably valid rationales: 1. The GPS will give me my speed whereas my speedometer gives me only a general representation of my speed. I've been surprised to discover that the speedometer error in my truck is not linear across the scale and, while I pretty much have programmed corrections into my own mind to account for this it's still nice to have that up there like a heads-up-display. 2. A GPS with traffic monitoring capabilities saves the driver time and money, reduces pollution and saves gas. Good reasons to keep one on all the time when driving. 3. It's just fun, sometimes, to see how far it is to your exit so you can just zone out for ten more miles. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkyakaing.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 04 2010 - 13:03:38 PST
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