1005 HD Traffic USELESS (and now older models too!)

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject:

Sounds about right - the range is as the crow flies, hence why you can see incidents further away by route distance than 75 miles.

psyskiesman · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject:

Out of interest, I planned a route from Halesowen to John O' groats, and the only incident showing is the same one showing on my route from Swindon to Cannock. It seems therefore that the 75 miles range is from your actual position as determined by satellite fix. I am in Swindon so if I plan a route outwith the 75 miles radius around Swindon, no traffic incidents will be taken into consideration.

Border_Collie · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:34 pm Post subject:

Guivre46 · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject:

Today, I'm sure that the route recalculation is faster, less data to process, possibly? Or am I fooling myself ?
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AndyVaughan · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject:

Latest (non) update from TT

M8TJT · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:46 pm Post subject:

They are trying to make sure that the re-introduction of something that appeared to work well in the past does not screw up something else that appeared to work well in the past Very Happy

AndyVaughan · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:05 pm Post subject:

But what if the implementation date is beyond the 'horizon' - does this mean it will never happen?

DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:22 pm Post subject:

AndyVaughan · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I can't read the content of your post as you are beyond my 'forum horizon'.

kitlander · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 11, 2006 Posts: 7

Here's another typical situation. I drove from Durham to Petersfield earlier this week and was a little surprised that TT suggested the M1, M25, A3 route, but what's the point of a TT if you don't follow its route? It gave an arrival time of 5pm, which meant I should be clear of the M25 before the evening rush. Trouble was that I didn't know about the roadworks north of Luton and even when these finally showed up as a 30 minute delay the TT didn't take into account the knock on effect for the M25 (I think IQ routes is supposed to take the time-of-day into account?). So I got home at 6. Not so bad, but the M42, M40, A34 route would have been quicker. TT route planning just doesn't work for longer journeys any more.

spook51 · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:44 pm Post subject:

How could you be sure the M42, M40, A34 would have been quicker?

I've made two lengthy round trips recently: Derbyshire - Bristol - Derbyshire and Derbyshire - Kent - Derbyshire. On the second trip TT Traffic showed incidents from Kent to Birmingham, easily far enough for various alternative routes to be considered i.e. Dartford Crossing or Blackwall Tunnel then M25 & M1 or M25 & M11 & A14 or M11 & A1 or A1(M) etc.

I'm sure we have all experienced the good and bad of Traffic in past months but on my longer trips the recent improvement works and works well - or maybe I'm just lucky?

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mikealder · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject:

TomTom are now saying that to increase the range any further than 75 miles as it currently has will require a new Navcore to address the issue, this is complete crap as they turned down the range and claimed it to be an "Upgrade"
How long for new Navores to be released to cover all the Live equipped devices released to date, I guess we will be in for a very long wait to get this service back to how it was when it first launched - Mike

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