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Two-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Rebecca Adlington admits that she is so competitive she even tries to race her sat nav when behind the wheel. She explained how she has to put the same amount of effort into everything in order to keep that fighting spirit going. "Puzzles, quizzes, you name it... even when I'm driving, I like to beat my sat-nav. You put in the destination and it says you will get there at 2.44pm, and I think, ‘No, I'm going to get there by 2.43pm.' That's what I'm like," Ms Adlington said. So motorists beware if you're driving close to the Olympian, do not get in her way when she's battling against her dashboard co-pilot. She has also announced she will be taking a sabbatical from Twitter during the London 2012 Olympic Games to avoid any abusive remarks from other users. She finds it very upsetting when she gets disparaging comments about her appearance, and she doesn't want that putting her off when the Olympics come to town. In other news, the fitting of GPS trackers into vehicles could lead to a transformation in how coverage works, according to a leading expert. They will be used to monitor motorist driving behaviour. Insurance firms will then use the data to reward individuals with lower car insurance premiums for being sensible and safe behind the wheel. This ensures that owning even a cheap sat nav might have consequences for motorists insurance premiums. Carlton Boyce, freelance motoring journalist, is concerned that "in the near-future they will use them to punish drivers whose driving is considered by them to be risky, and they might even insert a clause whereby the driver's insurance cover is invalidated in certain circumstances". This could mean during a momentary lapse in concentration a motorist may make a bad driving manoeuvre that leads to their insurance becoming invalid, he added. There are other ways that GPS trackers could be used to inform insurers, such as monitoring where a vehicle travels to or how many miles it racks up. Either way, its points to the increasing importance of sat navs and GPS systems in determing broad-ranging policies. Recently, for example, the British government conducted an inquiry into the use and updating of GPS systems to ensure increased road safety following a string of incidents caused by faulty sat navs or late updating of roadworks.
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