As I opened the enviable gift of a GPS system this Christmas, I thought to myself, “Wow, I’ll never get lost again!” You just punch in the address, and this pint-sized screen with automated voice-via-satellite will guide you to your destination, right? Well, that’s the concept. However, I’ve found that since I’ve used it, there have been [and I assume, will continue to be] some glitches in the system. The satellites are not always accurate, the maps can be misleading, and the driver should have a backup, like the destination’s phone number to call in case he is off by a block. Otherwise it is a useful contraption, but one that takes time to learn how to use…in order that we do not have to learn where we are going.

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