Safe Speed Forums

Personally, I find GPS a positive safety enhancement when driving in an unknown area. The GPS means that I can concentrate on driving and don't have to spend one third of my time looking for signs to tell me where to go, and one third of my time identifying the speed limit and checking my compliance with that, leaving only one third of my time for hazard awareness and other things related to safety.

My GPS tells me which way to go. In constrast to fixed signs, it gives me the information when I have spare capacity to absorb it. It gives me enough warning to let me select the correct lane well in advance. My GPS "knows" the speed limit on most major routes and issues a warning if I stray above that - so I don't need to check my speedo as often or spend so much time looking for overgrown signs etc.

However, the biggest benefit from using a GPS is that I'm more relaxed driving in "foreign climes", which helps my concentration. IMO, I'm much safer because of GPS.

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Will

'Can you tell me why you feel the urge to drive quickly, so badly? I'm genuinely interested. I never feel like the speed limit is too slow. Why are they 'draconian'? Why wouldn't traffic engineers know more about a long stretch of road, its history, gradients, accident rate, pedestrian traffic, etc. than 99% of the motorists who use it?
And why are people being called 'trolls' merely for disagreeing with the basic beliefs of this site?'

I refuse to bite! Bye bye.

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Q. Are you a stupid fascist with limited reading skills or are you just a retard?