I have the same in the BMW (traffic from Classic FM) and Ranger (I assume also from Classic FM) - it lags a long ways behind TomTom live traffic updates, I find.. sometimes 30 minutes or more. Then again the tuner in the BMW is .. less than spectacular.
Speaking of people merging etc; Friday gone I did Barmston (near Bridlington)-> York -> Halifax -> Shepley -> Northampton -> Bracknell..
The first half reminded me what 'rush hour' in a rural setting is like (i.e. peaceful, 60mph on A roads etc), the second half allowed me to point out the remarkably large difference between Sh
ipley and Sh
epley to my other half and the last half reminded me that people drive like self abusers on motorways, managed or otherwise, especially around Luton (why always Luton!?).
I arrived at one point where roadworks were being set out and reduced the motorway from three lanes to one (just the nearside). Signposted on the overhead signs for probably three miles out were the white "Move over" arrows. From a mile out the red "Lane closed" crosses.
So why was there a car beside me trying to push me onto the hard shoulder when he was suddenly surprised by the appearance of cones in L2? FFS.
(and yes, I was being bloody-minded at the time and made him stop and wait for a gap!)