Don't blindly follow. I keep my GPS in North-Up, and I always zoom out to see the intended route. Also, GPS's tend to take you through extra turns a 'native'

Don't blindly follow. I keep my GPS in North-Up, and I always zoom out to see the intended route. Also, GPS's tend to take you through extra turns a 'native' driver of the area probably wouldn't take. Save 30 seconds at .1 miles by taking 3 turns through this neighborhood, when in reality it was just as quick to continue straight and turn right at the major intersection. You really only need to know how to get to and a major thoroughfare, how those thoroughfares connect to vicinity of your destination, and then the steps from the thoroughfare to your destination.