At the next junction, turn off: Why Satnavs are 長,率いるing out of fashion

  • 81% prefer to find their 大勝する using 伝統的な 地図/計画する

Growing numbers of 運転者s are abandoning 衛星 航海 systems and returning to 伝統的な 地図/計画するs, a 報告(する)/憶測 said yesterday.

地図/計画するs are favoured by 81 per cent of drivers, who believe they can find their way without the help of the dashboard gadgets.

The 報告(する)/憶測, for Kia モーターs, 設立する that 34 per cent of the 1,100 UK drivers 調査するd 認める losing their way にもかかわらず using a Satnav.

Turned off: Drivers are getting increasingly frustrated using Satnavs and ditching them in favour of traditional maps

Turned off: Drivers are getting ますます 失望させるd using Satnavs and 溝へはまらせる/不時着するing them in favour of 伝統的な 地図/計画するs

Some drivers said they had abandoned the 装置s because they preferred to listen to music rather than Satnav 指示/教授/教育s.

Steve Kitson, of Kia モーターs, said: ‘Only one-fifth of us (人命などを)奪う,主張する to be 確信して enough to find our own way based on knowledge alone, and with three-4半期/4分の1s of Brits abandoning using 航海 systems this festive season let’s hope an A-Z is on the Christmas 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる).’

Road map: Drivers say they are being increasingly annoyed with the voice of the Satnav and the ofetn confusing instructions

Road 地図/計画する: Drivers say they are 存在 ますます annoyed with the 発言する/表明する of the Satnav and the ofetn 混乱させるing 指示/教授/教育s

Other ありふれた 推論する/理由s for abandoning the Satnav 含むs not 主要な drivers to the 訂正する 目的地, 失望/欲求不満 over usability and preferring to listen to music rather than the Satnav 指示/教授/教育s.

If 運動ing on busy roads, 在庫/株ing the boot up with 現在のs and packing the family into the car doesn’t bring enough 強調する/ストレス, it would appear us Brits are also 部分的な/不平等な to the 半端物 squabble when 運動ing.

Almost half of UK drivers 収容する/認める to having 不一致s with their 乗客s over which 大勝する to take.

The main 違反者/犯罪者s are drivers in the North-West, with 47 per cent admitting to bickering with 乗客s, a high 人物/姿/数字 compared to the 静める folk of the East Midlands, where just 25 per cent 同意しない with 乗客s over directions.

Mr Kitson 追加するd: '運動ing on UK roads in a busy December can be a big enough 仕事 for most people but with the 追加するd 圧力 of finding a new 目的地, it can be even harder. We are not surprised 運転者s are giving up on Satnavs in favour of the 伝統的な 地図/計画する; as long as drivers are 安全な and leave the 地図/計画する reading to a 乗客.'

ビデオ: Funny Satnav fail

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