As someone who is very good at driving without GPS in my local area, using GPS for long trips outside my local area does for sure slow my ability to learn the new location. But it doesn’t remove what you already know.
So if your father is becoming incapable of driving his old haunts without assistance, I would worry there’s something more serious lurking in the background beyond tech makes you dumb.
My father was a pro at driving without gps. Now he can’t go 2 blocks without assistance from it
As someone who is very good at driving without GPS in my local area, using GPS for long trips outside my local area does for sure slow my ability to learn the new location. But it doesn’t remove what you already know.
So if your father is becoming incapable of driving his old haunts without assistance, I would worry there’s something more serious lurking in the background beyond tech makes you dumb.