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By: Bart Wagner & Shane By: Bart Wagner & Shane WalterhoeferWalterhoefer

Growth of ProductsGrowth of Products

Over recent years car products have Over recent years car products have boomedboomed

Now it is uncommon to drive down Now it is uncommon to drive down the street and not see a car with the street and not see a car with some kind of after market productsome kind of after market product

However technology such as GPS However technology such as GPS systems, Audio, and Entertainment systems, Audio, and Entertainment systems have made the biggest systems have made the biggest impactimpact

GPSGPS

Global positioning systems can help Global positioning systems can help guide a person to their destination guide a person to their destination whether they are on land, in the air, whether they are on land, in the air, or on the water or on the water

There are Global Positioning System There are Global Positioning System satellites in orbit all around the satellites in orbit all around the Earth Earth

These satellites transmit signals to These satellites transmit signals to the GPS receivers on the ground the GPS receivers on the ground

GPS ContinuedGPS Continued

Systems will only work outdoors, Systems will only work outdoors, and will work poorly in heavily and will work poorly in heavily forested areas, tunnels, etc forested areas, tunnels, etc

Never the less, GPS has provided Never the less, GPS has provided people with a new way of finding people with a new way of finding their way around while drivingtheir way around while driving

No longer do people have to waste No longer do people have to waste their time looking at those gigantic their time looking at those gigantic road maps while drivingroad maps while driving

GPSGPS There are many different types of GPS There are many different types of GPS

devices in production today that range in devices in production today that range in price, size, and intelligenceprice, size, and intelligence

Some can be as low as $100 or over Some can be as low as $100 or over $1000$1000

The screens can be 2” or 10”, and be The screens can be 2” or 10”, and be colored or black and whitecolored or black and white

Also, some systems may have more roads Also, some systems may have more roads or places in their device.or places in their device.

For example, one device may have a For example, one device may have a certain McDonald’s but the other does notcertain McDonald’s but the other does not

GPSGPS

No matter what type of system one No matter what type of system one may have GPS has made driving may have GPS has made driving much easier and convenientmuch easier and convenient

No more pulling over and asking for No more pulling over and asking for directionsdirections

Also, car rental companies have Also, car rental companies have begun putting GPS in their cars begun putting GPS in their cars which makes life much easier for which makes life much easier for people when they travelpeople when they travel

GPSGPS

GPS allows a person to read what road they GPS allows a person to read what road they are on without looking for a sign, and they are on without looking for a sign, and they can also put in their destination and the can also put in their destination and the system will give them directionssystem will give them directions

Also, some GPS have audio where the Also, some GPS have audio where the system will speak the directions to the system will speak the directions to the driver either through the car speakers or driver either through the car speakers or through its own speaker (this is very useful through its own speaker (this is very useful because the driver never has to look at the because the driver never has to look at the screen, they can just listen while drivingscreen, they can just listen while driving

ProblemsProblems

GPS systems are great and very GPS systems are great and very useful, but they are not perfect useful, but they are not perfect

The systems do not pick up when The systems do not pick up when there is construction or trafficthere is construction or traffic

GPS navigational systems can also GPS navigational systems can also distract drivers and cause them to not distract drivers and cause them to not pay attention to the road pay attention to the road

The driver may be paying to much The driver may be paying to much attention to the screen instead of the attention to the screen instead of the roadroad

Other TechnologyOther Technology

GPS is not the only thing that can GPS is not the only thing that can enhance someone’s driving, there enhance someone’s driving, there are audio and entertainment systems are audio and entertainment systems which have become incredibly more which have become incredibly more enhance over the yearsenhance over the years

Accessories In Early CarsAccessories In Early Cars When cars where first When cars where first

developed they were just a developed they were just a means for transportation means for transportation making it easier to get from making it easier to get from one place to another one place to another

designers realized that designers realized that their cars would sell better their cars would sell better if they made them more if they made them more comfortable for the driver comfortable for the driver and the passengers and the passengers

making the seats softer and making the seats softer and fit better to the shape of fit better to the shape of the passengers in the car to the passengers in the car to allow for a easier ride allow for a easier ride

First Car AccessoriesFirst Car Accessories decided to place radios in cars along decided to place radios in cars along

with 8 Track players with 8 Track players simple audio speakers simple audio speakers

Sony Car 8 track Quad Player

Speakers and Speakers and SubwoofersSubwoofers

out factory speakers and replacing out factory speakers and replacing them with high end sound producers them with high end sound producers

Subwoofers and amplifiers to power Subwoofers and amplifiers to power them them

Subs are usually between 8 and 12 Subs are usually between 8 and 12 inchesinches

Amps usually range from 150 to 500 Amps usually range from 150 to 500 wattswatts

AccessoriesAccessories Taking out factory head unit and putting a 7 Taking out factory head unit and putting a 7

inch touch screen fold out monitorinch touch screen fold out monitor TV monitors are being placed every where you TV monitors are being placed every where you

can think ofcan think of Tiny monitors have been placed on rear view Tiny monitors have been placed on rear view

mirrors, side mirrors, and even on the driver’s mirrors, side mirrors, and even on the driver’s steering wheel steering wheel

HazardsHazards Monitors in cars where placed there to entertain Monitors in cars where placed there to entertain

the passengersthe passengers They are creeping more into the drivers viewThey are creeping more into the drivers view Loud car sound systems can distract a driverLoud car sound systems can distract a driver