Constance Warner wrote:
As a pedestrian in the Washington, D.C. area, I'm in favor of anything
that will improve my odds of survival, even by just a few percentage
points. If windshield-mounted GPS units and similar devices make it
more likely for pedestrians to get mowed down by vehicles, then I
think that the windshield-mounted devices should be illegal. I'm
aware that this might be less convenient for drivers, who might have
to do something radical: plan their route before they get in the car.
Once upon a time, this was SOP, and we used primitive devices called
"road maps" and "map books" to do it. I have a hard time feeling
sorry for people who think that it's a hardship not having a GPS stuck
right in their field of vision on the windshield.
Once upon a time I used road maps and map books too. Or rather, I drove
while wife attempted to read a map. She doesn't read one and can't
learn. Every 15 minutes or so as we drove, we would get into a terrific
quarrel -- me asking for directions and she insisting that the map
didn't have our road on it. As always, the quarrel ended with me
pulling to the shoulder of the road (or stopping on the road if there
was no shoulder) and glancing at the map for 15 seconds to find out
where we were and how to make the next turn. By the end of the trip we
despised each other.
Since using a GPS, all our quarrels have ended. A wonderful marital aid.
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