Traffic jam rerouting
Discussion
I'm thinking of getting satnav, but the important thing to me is not to be able to plot the route in the first place (I can do that myself with a road atlas and multimap) but to be able to predict jams and reroute me round them. I'm not a mobile telephony freak (ie I'm generally happy to be uncontactable when in the car) so this function needs to be standalone and preferably subscription free.
The obvious option seems to be a Navman F- or N- series with the T1 traffic module.
Has anyone tried this option (maybe with an earlier Navman model) or can advise me of any other reasonably cheap options? I only really use the car at weekends, so it's not worth paying top dollar for something that I might only need to reroute me past a big jam a few times a year.
The obvious option seems to be a Navman F- or N- series with the T1 traffic module.
Has anyone tried this option (maybe with an earlier Navman model) or can advise me of any other reasonably cheap options? I only really use the car at weekends, so it's not worth paying top dollar for something that I might only need to reroute me past a big jam a few times a year.
Edited by saxmund on Monday 18th December 13:30
saxmund said:
I'm thinking of getting satnav, but the important thing to me is not to be able to plot the route in the first place (I can do that myself with a road atlas and multimap) but to be able to predict jams and reroute me round them. I'm not a mobile telephony freak (ie I'm generally happy to be uncontactable when in the car) so this function needs to be standalone and preferably subscription free.
The obvious option seems to be a Navman F- or N- series with the T1 traffic module.
Has anyone tried this option (maybe with an earlier Navman model) or can advise me of any other reasonably cheap options? I only really use the car at weekends, so it's not worth paying top dollar for something that I might only need to reroute me past a big jam a few times a year.
The obvious option seems to be a Navman F- or N- series with the T1 traffic module.
Has anyone tried this option (maybe with an earlier Navman model) or can advise me of any other reasonably cheap options? I only really use the car at weekends, so it's not worth paying top dollar for something that I might only need to reroute me past a big jam a few times a year.
Edited by saxmund on Monday 18th December 13:30
combemarshal said:
I don't know about those systems, but why not just get unlimited WAP on your mobile and put it on silent, like I do, has saved me many a traffic jam this year!
I've already got the unlimited WAP bit, but how/where do I get the (presumably not for free) traffic messages?
Yes, I am technically challenged!
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