"Lord Reginald Smithers" wrote ...
Our youngest daughter will be turning 16 in Jan. My wife wants to give her a
GPS unit for the car. My wife's logic is she would be a safer driver, if she
didn't knew where she was going, and was not looking for street names and
addresses.

It seems to me that another electronic toy in the car is just another thing to
distract her from watching the road.

Does anyone have any experience with GPS and teenagers?

and

Most importantly, does anyone have any experience buying a handheld unit that
has both maps for city driving and nautical charts?

As the father of 3 twenty-something daughters I think it would have been
interesting to review the breadcrumb trail after some of their outings.

-rick-