If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I happen to believe GPS navigation devices to be one of history’s greatest inventions.  For a chump like me who wouldn’t know north from south if the Civil War was still being fought, it’s a true Godsend to have a magical electronic friend to tell me where to turn to find the nearest KFC.  My only gripe with GPS devices like today’s deal of the day is that they don’t go far enough.  I think you know what I’m talking about—If my satellite navigation gadget is so good at finding the best route home, why isn’t it driving the car?

Sure, there’s the problem to be solved of how to prevent our robot chauffeurs from crashing into stuff, but if we’ve got the technology to pinpoint our car’s location from SPACE, it can’t be much more of a bother to slap a couple of proximity sensors on the bumpers, can it?  Every time I think about it, my eyes glaze over:  Instead of playing footsie with my brake pedal during my morning commute, I could just curl up on the couch in the back of my SUV and with the latest issue of Star magazine and watch that episode of Law and Order:  SVU that I recorded the night before.

Hey, obviously I’m too lazy to unfold a map, is it really so difficult to believe that I’m too lazy to drive?  What’s the point of creating all of these fancy robots if I still have to drive my own Chevy?  Let’s put that bailout money to good use, if only to see the look on a cop’s face when he has to write my Nextar a ticket.