avoiding peages in france

[thesnail]

Can anbody help I have just had TT and will be going to France next month the question is how do I stop it taking me on to the peages?

I understand I can set the motorway speed down but can i get the system to differentiate between toll roads and non toll motorways

Bryan

[SteveW]

This one is simple, just plan a route avoiding tolls using viamichelin and copy it onto TT3 using Itinerary. Excellent results, just be careful to put the drive-bys on the correct side of the dual carriageways. You can save and load itineraries by keeping thestylus on the itinerary page

Regards,

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[SteveW]

By the way, on ViaMichelin, the "avoid tolls" is on the Driving Directions tab.....

[arturus]

I fully agree with Steves answer and also the speed lowering on autoroutes and international roads. What you will have to watch is that TT can take you down some really small backroads, some no better than tracks. Also over at Gpspassion they have a TT overlay showing the peage points on the autoroutes. This is quite interesting as it can be a help in getting on and off at the right places if you decide to leave the autoroutes available.
Regards
Brian

[Steve999]

Hi there,

I've just had 2 months in France & Italy touring extensively in my motorhome using TT3 and in the case of France, studiously avoiding using toll autoroutes.

In the course of this, I tried a number of methods of routeplanning with TT3 and would offer the following for consideration by anybody going over there and wishing to do the same.

1. Routeplanning by lowering the speed setting for autoroutes - takes an age to calculate a route and not really practical if any replanning needs to be done 'on the fly' as you can have covered 20 miles while the software is churning through.

2. Routeplanning by itinerary setting - this can be effective but the road system in France is so extensive and subject to more frequent changes than over here, that 'on the fly' rerouting still regularly takes place.

3. Plan the 'fastest' route as normal. This will usually incorporate the use of autoroutes. On commencing the journey with a GPS position fixed, check the 'Alternative Routes' facility - I set up a hardware button to do this simply. If na autoroute shows on the next screen (with a red cross through), then select it. A rapid reroute calculation will then follow taking you away from that autoroute. All that is required as you make progress through the country is regular checking of the 'Alternative Routes' button and clear any autouroutes from here as they show - usually after entering onto a new major 'N' or 'D' road. I found this method to work very well and efficiently and the alternative routes selected were usually those which would have been chosen in a self select itinerary.

My future trips in France will now involve the use of method (3) for mile munching and method (2) for touring between desired locations.

As a tourist, Tomtom took me on some fabulous routes with good roads that I guess most people would not have chosen on glancing at a paper map. However, be aware that in Southern France or rural Italy, some very minor roads are selected and discretion (as ever) should be exercised before turning into them. Armed with this knowledge though, simple adjustments are easily made.

In general - great product which was a huge boon to our touring, either locally or for high speed cross country mile munching.

Showed TT3 to a nice Aussie guy in Florence who immediately went to the local Carrefour and bought a full GPS/PDA kit! - and it worked (well not straight away!).

Finally - if you use BT with a 2210, go for CF, even in preference to a Panasonic SD card. Driving in and out of the many succesive tunnels over there really tested the system and CF came out on top as totally rock solid.

Steve.
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[SteveW]

I agree with a lot that you have said, but some autoroutes (motorways?)in France are not tolls, and although busy get you from A to B faster.

Also, My SD card on my 2210 is faster than my CF card, even though the CF card is rated faster, and because of the size ofthe Data for France you really need a fast card.

Steve W.

[Steve999]

Hi,

Yeah, understand that. Was just speaking generally in respect of avoiding toll roads. If you want to use a toll free autoroute, then just use it and don't select the 'avoid' function - the choice is yours. I am aware of the toll free sections in France and occasionally use them if in a hurry. For those who are not aware of them, on Michelin maps (and I guess some others), the distances are marked in blue rather than red on yellow.

In respect of the card issue, a fast SD card is of no use if you get a freeze or lockup and (disappointingly) this happened to my Panasonic when going in and out of the tunnels in Liguria - propbably as stressful a situation for it as could be envisaged. My perfectly ordinary Kingston CF cards coped faultlessly under the same circumstances and were perfectly fast enough enough for the large data of France. In two months using BT, TT3 did not lock or freeze once using CF.

Incidentally, you can presently buy a Kingston 256mb CF from ebuyer for about £15 inc postage - reaching bargain status.

Steve
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