HD Traffic - The conclusion?

jamespratt · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 03, 2006 Posts: 7

I've read enough posts about HD traffic to drive me to drink, but I think I've finally worked out what those of you with HD traffic have concluded.

It was pants, but is now sorted and works well.

Is this correct? if so, a shopping I will go.

Thanks

mikealder · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject:

Its way better than the other traffic systems but there are still times when it can get it wrong, that said no traffic system will ever be 100% accurate, its about as good as you can currently get.

Don't forget to look at the motorway gantry signs though as sometimes these can have information about lane closure/ road closure that might be missing from the HD Traffic - Mike

Seamaster · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 331

The most charitable description of HD Traffic is that it's less rubbish than the alternatives.

Graeme2812 · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject:

To me, the system is best at reporting traffic flows and average speeds. Less accurate at reporting road closures or other incidents, particularly when compaired to the GPRS/RDS-TMC service. (Different service provider?)

Used in conjunction with Radio and online news feeds it's the best combanation availible to date that I know of.

Has vastly improved over the last few weeks.
Used side by side with a RDS-TMC system, it [Tom Tom HD system] vastly out performs anything else availible on the market currently.

Realisticly though, another manufacture has to offer a similar system to the market to compete with TomTom as currently there is nothing to really compaire the Tom Tom system to.

Once other manufactures offer similar systems, then we will see just how good the TomTom system really is.
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darrengsaw · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 03, 2009 Posts: 107

Expect Navteq to provide that competition some time in the next 12-18 months.

AndyVaughan · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:48 pm Post subject:

I agree, HD is the best implementation yet.

Apart from the server issues a month or so ago it is very reliable and provides a lot of detail.

Having used GPRS Traffic and RDS-TMC Traffic in the past HD is far superior, but not perfect!

dougproctor · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject:

I used the Live services for the first time today on a trip to London and was very impressed with the traffic information. Accurate all the way even down to the delay time through Hindhead, always a pain in the posterior!!
Best information on any system I have had - and that be many!!
Doug
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perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

I used HD Live extensively over the holidays and found it to be absolutely spot on.

Shock, Horror, it even reported a road closure when the M54 was closed at J7 on 28/12 for ice and then gave me the most logical alternative route to my destination taking me down a road I never even knew existed close to my father's house.
Across the Pennines in the M62 it worked well also taking me around a 15 minute delay in about 10 minutes

I definitely believe it's getting better

Seamaster · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 331

technik · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:08 pm Post subject:

GPRS traffic works perfect for me.

HD traffic is so unreliable that's why I didn't bother buying a TT Live device.
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