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1. When I was a child, my mom would drive me
to a number of locations, and surprisingly
without a GPS.

2. Some of these locations were just around
our house or just a few miles into the city.

3. This being said, finding the destination was
quite easy.

4. However, other locations were not so close,
especially when we would go on vacation.

5. With it being the 90’s at the time we didn’t
have GPS in our vehicle.

6. I was amazed at how she would find these
locations, especially when they were hours
away such as Austin, Texas, or Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.

7. I never really imagined how much stress and
time she could have saved if we would have
the benefits of an GPS or Global Position
System.

8. 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.

9. Think of all the time rustling through maps
that people had to put aside to make sure
that got to their destination.

10. This doesn't include the time to review these
maps if they got lost during the way.

11. The other benefit that saves drivers time and
ultimately money is the re-routing feature of
many GPS systems.

12. 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.

13. If this is a destination in an area that you are
unfamiliar with then finding the next best
route can be tricky.

14. However, with a GPS the next best route is
located saving driver’s time and miles on
their vehicle.

15. There are a few financial benefits to owning
a Global Position System.

16. 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.

17. Another benefit is that a high number of GPS
system can be updated to include current
gas prices of nearby gas stations.

18. This could end up being a huge savings,
especially if the driver has an almost empty
tank and needs to fill up.

19. 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.