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Jul 2, 2010

Uncontrolled Tech-Devices * USA - Nav Systems Blamed for Car Crashes

GPS-assisted crashes regularly reported in news coverage

New York,NY,USA -Automotive Digest/Slate - June 9, 2010: -- Turns into commuter train tracks, wrong side of highway, routes not rated for trucks. Frequency exists somewhere between statistical outlier and burgeoning trend... Drivers must remain in control when navigation systems error. Detecting unexpected events hindered by focus on navigation system display and blind obedience to voice commands... Legal questions evolving about who bears responsibility when crashes occur. No court decisions have yet been rendered.. Devices assume responsibility and blame for driving directions... Product liability claims would not apply if navigation is a service...

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