This is what happens when we rely 100% on technology

[Sir Moody]

not really

When I say they get distracted it isn't in a awareness sense - its in a mental sense

I had a friend in school who lived with his Grandmother (his parents worked in France) and she used to "ferry" us around

Her driving was perfect (probably better than mine is now...) but you would be driving along and she would suddenly say "now where are we going?"

We used to program the satnav even for the journeys we used to go on regularly - sometimes it would be all fine and she wouldn't need it but sometimes it was the only way to remind her

really the only person they are a danger to is themselves when they get utterly lost - long term memory is fine so (as long as they were good drivers to begin with) they are no more dangerous than any other elderly driver

[drone]

Google "death by GPS". There have been several times when my GPS has tried to kill me.

[Shaka_Khan]

This is why I study the directions via the computer before I drive to places that I've never been to before. In fact, I still don't use a GPS because I don't need it. I can remember the way. It's safer than looking at the GPS while driving. My coworker used a GPS via his phone when I drove to meet our client. There were a few times when it made us do the wrong turns.