Drivers aged 25 to 34 are the most likely to use sat-nav to get around, with about 80 percent of respondents saying they would never use any other method. Older drivers are more traditional, it ...

Skobbler, the free iPhone Sat-Nav solution based on the 'Wikipedia of maps' OpenStreetMap project, is now available for the UK and Ireland. It's already reached number 1 in the US App store's ...

31 Jan 2024, 16:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Blindly trusting GPS navigation once again has serious consequences, as a driver went off a ramp and over a median as he was following the sat-nav 26 ...

They are notorious for guiding exasperated motorists down footpaths, into ponds or to the wrong city entirely. But the modern-day sat-nav is likely to pose far fewer problems for lost drivers than ...

In countries like France and Cyprus, sat-navs are prohibited and can lead to fines as high as €1,500 (£1,275) as they make drivers aware of speed cameras.

Sat navs have revolutionised the driving experience, meaning we can find our way around unfamiliar places with minimum effort – but just occasionally, a little common sense wouldn't go amiss.

Professor Last recalled the New Year's Day failure of a single satellite in 2004 and how it wreaked havoc with sat-nav readings. "Satellite failures, though dramatic, are not the main problem," he ...