Satellite navigation systems and accidents are closely related, and several recent occurrences stand to substantiate this. Many drivers have been found to be distracted by the mess of information form their sat-nav systems, thereby reducing their reaction time to unexpected situations. There even was a study conducted to prove this. Last month, an ambulance driver’s misfunctioning sat-nav nearly costed him his job. But of late, several wayward drivers blame their sat-navs for their short comings on the road. In just four hours on October 28th, nearly 13 drivers were caught near the Enfield Lock station trying to dash across the level crossing in the last minute, ignoring the red signal.
Among the several excuses given by the erring drivers, “My sat-nav told me to just keep going” “It was my sat-nav’s fault” “The sat-nav malfunctioned” seemed to dominate. However, police officers say that over 90% of road accidents are caused by human error, even though most blame the roads or their gadgets for the unfortunate occurrences. Well, what ever be it, it indeed is high time that we stopped blaming something and start redressing already!
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