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Over the past Labor Day weekend, General Motors’ OnStar system saw a 37 percent increase in navigation requests, which added up to a record 330,000 individual presses of that little blue button on the mirror. In addition, travelers asking to go o the airport were more numerous than ever.
“OnStar delivers more than 2 million turn-by-turn requests every month to our subscribers,” said Joanne Finnorn, OnStar executive director subscriber services. “This weekend alone, we received almost 90,000 more navigation requests compared to Labor Day Weekend 2010, which shows us that more people each year seem to be heading out on the road.”
Most destinations were to be expected, like hotels, gas stations, restaurants and malls - the Top 5 requests. In addition, Wal-Mart was the biggest single specific target for drivers, followed by Starbucks, McDonalds, Target and Home Depot. Looks like people still need coffee, burgers and probably alcohol, after which a hammer and nails is needed to fix the broken furniture.
Most destinations were to be expected, like hotels, gas stations, restaurants and malls - the Top 5 requests. In addition, Wal-Mart was the biggest single specific target for drivers, followed by Starbucks, McDonalds, Target and Home Depot. Looks like people still need coffee, burgers and probably alcohol, after which a hammer and nails is needed to fix the broken furniture.
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