When you are driving, how often is it that you find yourself lost or in a place that you are unfamiliar with? Well, as it turns out, many of us get lost on a daily basis. Thankfully, however, we have all sorts of maps and tracking devices to help us find our way back to our homes or whatever our final destinations may be.
My boyfriend has perhaps the worst sense of direction that I have ever come across. On the other hand, I can drive to some place once and remember exactly how to get there years later. It s bizarre. That being said, last year, he purchased a GPS device to use in his car when he drives. GPS devices have become so popular nowadays that they are affordable to most anyone. In the past, they were really expensive and only a select few people actually owned them. However, when you go to buy a car, you will find that many dealerships and manufacturers actually offer vehicles that feature a GPS device already built into the vehicle so it is there whether or not you want it!
Getting lost while driving can really send someone into panic mode quick. However, the very last thing that you want to do is panic because when you panic, you are unable to think as clearly; and when you are not thinking clearly, you tend to make bad decisions. That being said, take a few deep breaths, and if the area permits it, PULL OVER. There is nothing more irritating than trying to drive behind someone who has no idea where they are or where they re going. If you pull your car over to the side of the road, you can look for a phone number to call of someone who can help guide you back to civilization, or you can use that opportunity to look at map, play with your GPS device or have a good cry.
There is no shame in getting lost, and it happens to most people at some point in our lives. The problems only start to surface when you are lost and you don t ask for directions because you “think you know where you are going”. The main reasons why people get lost are due to things such as receiving poor directions from a third party and not paying close enough attention. For example, just the other day, I was running errands but was actually so distracted while thinking about something else that I didn t even remember where I was going. Thankfully, I had someone in the car with me who got my attention by simply asking me where I was taking them!
When you first move to a new area, one of the first things you should do is go exploring. Familiarize yourself with your surroundings. Perhaps you should take a map with you and just drive around the general area to see what is just outside of where you live, this way if you ever get stuck in traffic, you ll know alternate ways to get back to where you live.
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