GET A GPS

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FANTASTIC AID FOR ALL MOTORISTS

If there is any single thing that makes the life of any motorist easier, it is definitely the Global Positioning System. Once a motorist is equipped with a GPS receiver and current maps, he will be able to navigate without even thinking of his route and in most cases, the GPS system will calculate the best and most economical way of getting him to his destination.

THE ADVANTAGES OF GPS

All motorists can benefit immensely from having a GPS receiver, especially cab drivers, transport drivers, salesmen and entertainers, who find themselves going to many locations at different venues every day. There is nothing more dangerous than a driver juggling a street directory while driving to try and find his way to an address. A good GPS will do the following:

• Unerringly navigate you to your destination with spoken turn-by-tun instructions
  
  
• Plot the best, shortest and quickest routes to your destination.
  
  
• Plot routes that avoid toll roads, yet get you to your destination quickly.
  
  
• Warn you of speed and red-light cameras so you never get booked again by them.
  
  
• Store favourite locations for further use.
  
  
• Find Points Of Interest (POI) such as tourist attractions, restaurants, theatres, stores, shopping centres, banks, railway stations, airports, parks and many more places quickly and efficiently.
  
  
• Use the data logging facility if the GPS receiver has it to beat wrongly issued speeding fines.

For instance, navigating to the nearest shopping centre or railway station is as easy as pushing a button. Of course, when going to completely unfamiliar places such as interstate towns and cities, a GPS receiver is an invaluable tool.

USE GPS TO BOYCOTT TOLL ROADS AND BEAT TRAFFIC CAMERAS

To really save a lot of money and grief on the road, a good GPS receiver is crucial. The investment in one of these marvellous devices will pay for itself over and over again, from the first time you avoid getting a traffic camera infringement and you find a better route without using toll roads. Once you use a GPS receiver for a few days, you will wonder how you ever lived without it. Remember that every GPS receiver has every road in Australia in it, so you will never have to buy another map or street directory.

GET A GPS WITH A DATA LOGGER

Many GPS receivers have data logging facilities that will record details of trips, including position of the car, date and time of the trip and speed. Obviously if a motorist is booked speeding, he can use the data that was logged to show that at the time of the alleged speeding offence, he was driving at or below the speed limit.

There have been many cases where motorists using logged GPS data have beaten speeding fines by proving to courts that they were not speeding and that either the speed camera or gun was inaccurate, or the speed gun operator did not use the device correctly. In any event, if motorists are going to spend their money on GPS receivers, they might as well get ones that have data loggers and use them to obtain evidence of wrongful speeding bookings.

CONCLUSIONS

GPS receivers are already fairly inexpensive and getting cheaper by the day, although the best ones still cost over $500. Nevertheless, for reasons of convenience, safety and saving money by avoiding being booked by speed cameras, using a good GPS receiver while driving will prove most valuable. This wonderful technology has made car navigation a seamless and effortless experience.