Satellite navigation and accidents

Beware of bikes? No, beware of the w.ankers who ride them. To the author, you want to live after driving somewhere? BUY A F.UCKING CAR. Seven air bags, pre-tensioners, a ton of glass and steel.

I use a sat nav in my work and find it a very useful tool. I do however check the route on a map before I set off, as the sat nav can send me down some, erm, interesting routes. I place the sat nav over to the left of the windscreen as low down as possible. All too often you see them high up to the right where they block the driver's view. The bottom line is a sat nav is a tool that has to be used along with all your other senses. Focus on it and it becomes unsafe.

My Sat Nav cost me big money. It sent me down a one-way street the wrong way. That street had CCTV or cameras: whatever, I was snapped followed by a huge fine in the post. It turned me into some kind of criminal. I bet the local councils are in league with the sat-nav companies to create such beasts as they generate a huge revenue. 10% kickback enough?

I have to say, I'm a little disturbed at how these idiots who dont use their eyes (except to stare at the satnav or mobile phone) all seem to be driving BMWs, Audi's and other expensive cars.

What a lot of drivel written by someone who does not know the first thing about the subject they chose to write about.

Mike P you talk crap man. Just drivel with no point who cares how you use your sat nav. Get a life.

Hi Nikki,
Its the 'used correctly' that is the problem, the no brainers popping down the road to get whatever, needing to be told left from right and when!

I am one of those rare women who are actually quite good at reading maps ... and I have a very good sense of direction, both in a car and on my feet. Recently OH purchased a sat nav, I was dead against it because I thought it to be an utter waste of money when I am more than capable of reading an ordnance survey map. However, I have had to eat my words, they are absolutely brilliant, especially when I am driving myself and cannot therefore map read. As someone has said, it is not always possible or safe to park up and read your map. Used correctly, the sat nav, especially round towns, is absolutely brilliant. Frequently, they will divert you off motorways to avoid an accident that has happened up ahead, and save you hours of frustration. Used sensibly and correctly, they are a godsend ... even for Antichrist, with his sexist remarks !

Like most things, SatNavs are a great device when used properly. With the volume of traffic and the state of many roads it can be both difficult and dangerous to find a safe stopping place to read a map, so if you are on your own or with someone who can't read a map (ie most women, sexist I know but a proven fact!) using a SatNav can be safer than stopping. I have even seen idiots with the map out trying to read a map whilst driving.

A Satnav used with care, and they all come with safety warning, some even have them on screen, can enhance safety for both the user and those around him. I only use mine when necessary and use it as decision support rather than relying on it totally.

So you're on a bike and you overtake when there's a turning on the right? Suicidal or what? Ok the car driver is in the wrong, but as a bike rider personally I'd rather stay alive. Fully agree about SatNavs. QVC and Ideal world crazily demonstrate them in the MIDDLE of the windscreen!!

To be honest lads n lasses I use a Sat Nav for my work when I get callouts to domestic properties & i'm unfamiliar with the area I find myself in.
However I do observe the road & not the Sat Nav screen. I only listen to the spoken instructions.
Some of the people you are on about are nutters anyway with or without Sat Nav-believe me I like most of the rest of you come across them every day-most of which are not insured!!!
Sadly our roads are full of idiots of all ages, race, sex etc & there aint a damn thing any of us can do about it I'm afraid!

Hi, this is moving off topic is it not! I do agree with youthough Brian.
Satnavs are great as a tool but do they need a screen if you have the audio instructions? I think not. You cant look at the screen and the road.
No brainers become dependant on it because they dont have to think anymore.
To repeat, it is a tool not a dependancy.