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gregslater84 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: How can I avoid toll roads? |
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Hello everyone,
For those of you who don't know, on the M4 (westbound only) there is a toll bridge - namely the "Second Servern Crossing". How can I ask TomTom Navigator 3 to avoid this toll and take me around it? I can see the red line across the road when I pass it, so I assume that it knows there is a toll point on the road. However I can't find an option to avoid toll roads, only the London congestion charge zone. Do I just have to set up an "Avoid Area" on the map screen or can I specifically ask TTN to avoid all toll roads??
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Greg |
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SteveW Frequent Visitor
Joined: 21/05/2003 22:54:59 Posts: 516 Location: Leicestershire UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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You can only set an avoid across the road, there is no option to avoid Tolls in TT3.
Steve |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: Re: How can I avoid toll roads? |
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gregslater84 wrote: | Hello everyone,
For those of you who don't know, on the M4 (westbound only) there is a toll bridge - namely the "Second Servern Crossing". How can I ask TomTom Navigator 3 to avoid this toll and take me around it? I can see the red line across the road when I pass it, so I assume that it knows there is a toll point on the road. However I can't find an option to avoid toll roads, only the London congestion charge zone. Do I just have to set up an "Avoid Area" on the map screen or can I specifically ask TTN to avoid all toll roads??
Thanks,
Greg |
I actually live on the western side of the Severn crossings M4 and M48 !
What I have done to avoid paying the toll is: when route planning is set "map view" to maximum magnification then set avoids on the westbound lanes of both roads which the toll booths are on..this leaves ttn3 free to use the eastbound lanes when planning trips out of Wales
Dave |
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SimonCatlin Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 565 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Frankly at £4.80, against the cost of fuel, going via the Gloucester route does not make much economic sense once you add in depreciation based on pence per mile... _________________ iPhone5, TomTom, Google maps, Navfree, Viewranger and Apple Maps (ekk) |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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SimonCatlin wrote: | Frankly at £4.80, against the cost of fuel, going via the Gloucester route does not make much economic sense once you add in depreciation based on pence per mile... |
It depends how far north of the crossings one is when making a decision from an economic point of view
dave |
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SimonCatlin Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 565 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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oddsock wrote: | SimonCatlin wrote: | Frankly at £4.80, against the cost of fuel, going via the Gloucester route does not make much economic sense once you add in depreciation based on pence per mile... |
It depends how far north of the crossings one is when making a decision from an economic point of view
dave |
Point taken - but no-one really wants to live too far North :D (I feel the flaming starting now ) _________________ iPhone5, TomTom, Google maps, Navfree, Viewranger and Apple Maps (ekk) |
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gregslater84 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for all your replies.
I'm usually travelling between Swansea in south Wales and Durrington near Salisbury in Wiltshire. I definately agree that it's worth paying the toll rather than routing via Gloucester - took me AGES on the way back today!!!
Thanks again, and happy GPS'ing!!!
Greg
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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gregslater84 wrote: |
On a personal note, GPS are my initials - for those of you who may be interested! |
At least you should know where you are at all times. '' _________________ Richard
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