Nikatnott wrote in message
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> I am a post graduate researcher at the University of Nottingham in the
> UK. This questionnaire forms part of a wider study into driver
> behaviour conducted by myself and my colleagues.
>
> If you use any type of in-vehicle navigation system, I would appreciate
> it if you could follow the link below and answer a short questionnaire
> regarding navigation system user behaviour and preferences.
I filled in the questionnaire, but I cant help thinking that youve skewed
your results by asking in here for your sample. By its very nature, this
newsgroup is used by people who take their GPS/SatNav seriously. Youre
unlikely to attract to your survey the idiot drivers who end up trying to
get a coach over a humpback bridge, or a diesel Clio through a 3 ford, or
(my personal experience) a lady van driver going the wrong way up a one way
street 250 yards from where Im sitting now because she didnt bother to pay
attention to the no entry sign.
The last example is one I know well. The SatNav behaves like a wily driving
examiner who says Take the next available right turn to see if youre
paying attention to no-entry or no-right-turn signs. My i3 says turn right
but does so before the no entry. A glance at the map display shows that it
knows the road is no entry, is directing you to the correct right turn,
and assumes youll pay attention to the road signs.