Odd News

A survey in Britain gave the world some very interesting results. 11 million British motorists have problems reading a basic road map, according to this survey released on Monday. Three quarters of British drivers were unable to identify the motorway map symbol. Motorists weren't to smart either because only one percent of them would pass the Cub Scout Map Reader badge test. This is very embarrassing and also scary. Think about all the people who ride on speed motorbikes. They ride with 200 miles/hour but aren't able to read a basic map or get a scout badge... The British drivers don't know the symbols. How did all these people get their driving licenses?! Drivers may have an excuse. They're so addicted to the GPS system they've forgotten what a map looks like. But what if they get stuck in the middle of nowhere and they're satellite navigation system breaks? How are they going to use a map? The survey was based on a poll of 1,000 UK drivers and after some simple calculus it revealed that 36 billion driven miles are wasted each year.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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