Narrow Roads

[koyli]

Thanks, I will have a look at the mio unit. A friend also told me that Pro Line now do a GPS that includes this feature. One would have thought the big cheese at tomtom would realise the importance of being able to select vehicle type. If only for the bad press they get....whenever you see an HGV stuck he has usually got a tomtom onboard

If the two aforementioned units can do it I don't see how tomtom can hide behind the cost banner given their "CURRENT" market share.

Koyli
Tomtom 730

[rugrat2]

Having just returned from 2 weeks towing my caravan all over Yorkshire, I can confirm that you need to turn off I,Q routing as it takes you down some very unfriendly caravan routes..
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Neil.......ttgo..Mio p550...2.8 lwb exeed pajero. where cant I go..

[Trevor1234]

Hi JaTe
I agree with you and your comments about Itinerary planning. In my opinion the ‘Itinerary’ option is the most important way of planning a route.
All my long journeys/holidays etc are planned on my computer (using ‘Tyre’) and the resulting itineraries saved. By doing so I know before I leave home that I will not be going down any narrow lanes.
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Tomtom Go 720.
Navcore 9.510
Central and Western Europe v855.2884
GPS World Traffic cameras
Home 2.7
iPhone 3G

[cecilrhode]

have you tried searching this site and others for POIs for narrow roads? maybe teh camping and caravan club has some? or its members? as andy says this is the sort of thing that gets in the news. a while ago taking my son to a football match (away game) TT tried to take me down a narrow grassy lane. i resisted and drove past it and was rerouted. The grass lane cut the corner round the 2 roads i has to travel. obviously TT assumed the lane was ok for 30 mph and hence fastest route, but it was safe for 15mph at best. these thinsg happen, teh maps have to be classed correcly, and the software needs to recongise the road class.

POIs for low bridges are around now, and for accident blackspots so maybe also for narrow roads? Getting them for foreign roads might be more difficult, but if youre a member of a caravan club, or internet forum, maybe the members can start building a POI set?

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