[Vlad_Dracul]

Sat Navs are brilliant ,especially if ytou actually have a use for therm . People such as mobile workers,usefull for holidays in UK and other countries.

You do see some people who just have them on to take a trip to somewhere they already know anyway!

All the media hype about people driving into rivers etc is because they are brainless individuals and/or bad drivers.

I stopped a driver in an artic recently who weas about to drive up a residential street which i knew had a width restriction. I think he was sat navving. On the main road he had turned from,there was a huge sign saying,no left turn for large vehicles,width restriction!

I use a Tomtom one at work and also have used it in Europe and the US.

Nothing is perfect but one thing is for sure, you WILL get to where you are going. If you have a vague idea of the route you are travelling,best to have a quick flick in the A-Z /maps.

By the way,its not only drivers who make fatal mistakes with GPS. Many sailors do. i.e they set the GPS for a destination/waypoint,sail that course and sometimes conveniently forget about tides,sandbanks and rocks along the way which may not allow them to pass over at the time they wish to sail ! As with any navigation,always check your route before you set out and periodically along the way.