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Nearly a third of drivers are lost without a sat nav

Published 14 August 2018
By James Allen
Nearly a third of UK motorists are completely lost on the road without the aid of a sat-nav, a new survey by has suggested.
We’d be lost without GPS, says head of Royal Institute of Navigation

We’d be lost without GPS, says head of RIN

Two things keep Britain’s navigation scientists awake at night. The first is nefarious plots by the Kremlin to bring down critical GPS infrastruc
Published 02 December 2017
Sunday Times Driving letters, May 21, 2017: Jeremy Clarkson Renault Twingo review

Reader Letters: Twingo tangle, cramped canines

Presumably Jeremy Clarkson enjoyed his brief experience with the Renault Twingo (“So hot, you can cook breakfast in the boot”, April 23)...
Published 22 May 2017
How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

How sat-navs shut down brain’s ability to navigate

In 2012 three Japanese tourists in Australia drove their rented car up to its wheel arches on a mudflat and themselves into the annals of...
Published 29 March 2017

Reader Letters: Sat nav blues and diesel dues

"I was amused by Jeremy Clarkson describing the sat nav in the Honda NSX as 'a work of fiction'..."
Published 27 February 2017
Reader Letters: Speed alerts, America's Route 1, post-Brexit numberplates and Clarkson's bust

Reader Letters: Speed alerts and Clarkson's bust

Driving along the M4 the other day I noticed brake lights ahead. Shortly after, I passed the source: two slow-moving, flat-base lorries in convoy
Published 13 February 2017
Bose headrest speakers "whisper" directions into driver's ears

Bose headrest speakers "whisper" directions

Stereo speakers built into a driver’s headrest are not a new idea and are typically found as an option for convertibles, where wind noise...
Published 01 February 2017
I’ve just attended a speed-awareness course and now want to set up my TomTom sat nav to warn me when I am exceeding the speed limit. Can I do this and how?

Car Clinic: Speed camera alerts on a TomTom

Q. I’ve just attended a speed-awareness course and now want to set up my TomTom sat nav to warn me when I am exceeding the speed limit....
Published 30 January 2017
Car Clinic: What's the best portable sat nav device?

Car Clinic: What's the best portable sat nav device?

Q. My boyfriend and I plan to travel around the UK this summer in our campervan. To avoid squabbles, we need a (reasonably priced) portable sat nav...
Published 18 July 2016
Reader Letters: Shaky sat navs and daytime running lights in Mallorca

Readers' Letters: Shaky sat navs and daytime running...

When will sat navs take into account our Third World road surfaces? Mine recently sent me on a bumpy cross-country trip on potholed non-motorway roads...
Published 11 July 2016
A case of clocking? My car's odometer and sat-nav show different mileages

Clocking? My car's odometer and sat-nav show different...

My second-hand Mitsubishi’s odometer shows 20,000 fewer miles than does the built-in sat nav. My dealer says the odometer reading fits the service...
Published 29 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Reader letters: Misfiring sat navs, phoney exhaust...

Reader letters from the Sunday Times Driving pages, published on March 6, 2016...
Published 07 March 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week: September 13

This week: road tax, parking, numberplates, bus lanes, cyclists, head-up displays, sat nav speed displays, "fusty" Jags, Mazda brakes and motorway...
Published 14 September 2015