Navigation Systems

Keep Your Hands on the Wheel and Your Eyes on the Road with Navigation Systems

Contemplating on getting a navigation system installed but in two minds about how these systems can possibly benefit you when you have both Google maps on your smartphone and a map stashed away somewhere in your boot. In this day and age, technology is all the rage and if you don’t have a navigation system in your car, you could very well be doing yourself a huge disservice, and here’s why.

Navigation Systems Keep You Safe

Today, wherever you go, there are laws preventing you from using “hand-held” devices while driving, and should a traffic cop see you fiddling on your phone, you’ll be pulled over and ticketed without question. But even worse, you could cause an accident and kill someone while fiddling on your phone. Unfortunately, more than 4 500 people are killed on our roads each year, with most caused by reckless drivers. A navigation system simply allows you to keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel. In addition to accident safety, a navigation system can also track your vehicle in the event that it has been stolen or even hijacked. Did you know that one car is stolen every 9 minutes in South Africa? Should your vehicle get stolen, you’ll be able to track it in minutes.

You Always Know Where You Are and Where You’re Going

Ever been lost on the road before? Sure you have. Remember back in the day when you had to pull into the closest petrol station to ask for directions, only to find yourself even more lost after following the petrol attendant’s directions. Well, this is where navigation systems save the day. You will never need to ask for directions again. All you do is simply speak your destination into the mapping system and it will deliver you right to the front door. Convenient, and money and time saving – even in a foreign town or city – you will never be lost again.

Designed with a GPS antenna, GPS receiver, direction sensor, display and map database, navigation systems are based on GPS position information that runs off at least three satellites. To detect information, the signals bounce off satellites, thus allowing these systems the ability to detect location, direction and travel distance. Navigation systems have come a long way in both technology and price. Today, these systems are super affordable, allowing anyone to have one fitted into their car. A feature that benefits every driver on the road, navigation systems allow you to keep your hand on the wheel and your eyes on the road.

Ready to get one installed? Chat to us at Electronic Fitment Centre