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Dear GPS Central, I’m writing to tell you of a few thoughts about my new Garmin Nuvi 350. This morning on the way to my local bakery,I came upon a stop light that would not change.It was red (against me) and after waiting for five minutes I cautiously made a left turn against the red light. Then I had a thought: I paged ‘BACK’ to the ‘WHERE TO’ command, selected ‘SPELL’ and typed in ‘POLICE’. My Nuvi promptly displayed every local police station, closest first. When I selected one it showed the phone number. I called them and reported the malfunctioning red light. Then I had another thought: If in trouble, selecting ‘GO’ on that page would have guided me to the police station. We all go on road trips from time to time, and a navigational aid is great to have. But my most frequent use is when I’m in my own city, going to familiar places, but because of bad weather and/or night conditions I can’t read the street-signs …!! Without even setting it to route to an address, it displays all the cross-streets,even at night or during a blizzard, or when the street-signs are actually missing. This last one … I don’t even believe myself. I live in a condominium where 60% of the...