Cliff Notes: Drivers of the Gen Y generation are more apt to get lost than drivers older than them. One argument is because they are so dependent upon technology to tell them where to go they have no other sense of how to navigate traffic.
Another possibility that the study avoids -- and one that seems very plausible -- is that Gen Y drivers in particular have become so dependent on tech toys, they have a hard time making decisions without them. For example, if traffic suddenly changes before the GPS has a chance to catch it, drivers who aren't used to managing such crises could be at a loss.
I am a member of that group but I feel like I do a good job of navigating without the crutch of a navi system. I do like having the GPS as a backup but I still like to be able to look at a map or printed directions to give me basic directional clues, North, South, East, West, Right, Left, etc. That being said, the turn-by-turn voice navigation system on the Android phones is a pretty badass thing to have.
Your thoughts?
