A fifth of all drivers admit to playing 'sat-nav racing', where they aim to beat the clock on their GPS.

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More than seven million drivers are joining a potentially deadly new craze sweeping Britain's roads: "sat-nav racing." The aim is to beat the car's GPS navigation system by arriving at the destination faster than its estimated time of arrival, the Daily Mail reported.

Sat-nav predictions are based on speed limits, so those who do beat the clock will be either travelling above the speed limit or taking risks to weave their way through traffic.

A new research says: 7.2 million motorists -- a fifth of all drivers -- have admitted to sat-nav racing; 3.6 million motorists admitted to breaking the speed limit when racing against their GPS to in the last 12 months; 144,000 sat-nav racers admit to having being involved in a collision with another vehicle or hitting a parked car.

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英国1/5司机爱和GPS赛跑

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，超过700万英国司机都在路上玩一种可能会致命的疯狂游戏：与卫星导航比赛，而目的就是为比导航预测的到达时间更早地到达目的地。

       卫星导航的预测都是基于道路限速的，所以那些成功提前到达的司机要不是超速，要不就是在车辆间加塞穿行。

       一项新的研究显示：有720万机动车驾驶者，也就是英国五分之一的司机，承认与导航赛跑过；360万司机承认在过去12个月内曾因与导航赛跑而超速；144000人因此与其他车辆发生碰撞或撞上停着的车辆。

(China.org.cn August 1, 2011)