Benefits of GPS

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When I was a child, my mom would drive me to a
number of locations, and surprisingly without a
GPS.
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Some of these locations were just around our
house or just a few miles into the city.
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This being said, finding the destination was
quite easy.
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However, other locations were not so close,
especially when we would go on vacation.
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With it being the 90s at the time we didnt have
GPS in our vehicle in the dash or on some slip
hanging in the windshield where it could be
easily seen without my mom taking her eye off the
road.
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I was amazed at how she would find these
locations, especially when they were hours away
such as Austin, Texas, or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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I never really imagined how much stress and time
she could have saved if we would have the
benefits of GPS or Global Position System.
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The most popular benefit in my opinion of having
a Global Position System is the time and distance
drivers can save when driving to their
destination.
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Think of all the time rustling through maps that
people had to put aside to make sure that got to
their destination.
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This doesn't include the time to review these
maps if they got lost during the way.
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The other benefit that saves drivers time and
ultimately money is the re-routing feature of
many GPS systems.
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Consider you are driving to a location, and the
route that is the shortest to get there has an
accident where traffic is being re-routed by
local law enforcement.
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If this is a destination in an area that you are
unfamiliar with then finding the next best route
can be tricky.
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However, with a GPS the next best route is
located saving drivers time and miles on their
vehicle.
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There are a few financial benefits to owning a
Global Position System.
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The first is that the less distance a driver has
to drive to get from point A to point B means
that less amount of gas that is being used, and
thus fewer trips to the gas station have to be
made.
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Another benefit is that a high number of GPS
system can be updated to include current gas
prices of nearby gas stations.
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This could end up being a huge savings,
especially if the driver has an almost empty tank
and needs to fill up.
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Also, the cost of a number of GPS system is
relatively inexpensive, so consumers are not
forced to sacrifice an arm or leg to acquire one.