Study: 60% of Drivers Scream at SatNav
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Thanks to the All Points Blog for pointing me to this study. The results make me ask whey th average driver uses a GPS at all:
In a study of 2000 British Drivers age 17-45, Skobbler, a company that uses OpenStreetMap as its SatNav (GPS) BaseMap found:
- One in five frequently become angry with their SatNav
- The average motorist will travel 1,292 miles in the wrong direction during their life because ‘The SatNav told me to’
- 47% said they had a love/hate relationship with their SatNav
- Three in ten hate having to put up with losing the satellite signal
- One quarter struggle with getting the SatNav to stick to the windscreen
- The average Brit takes about 9 journeys in their car per week and uses their SatNav on at least two of the journeys
- Half of the drivers admit to swearing at their GPS systems while suffering “SatNav Rage”
You can read the entire article on the Telegraph.