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[Steve Wood]

lol

[Broomies Mate]

no, cause its a heap of inaccurate shyte, your better off with a chocolate donut to tell you information.

Ditto that!


Listen to the radio, or, buy a decent SatNav which gives accurate traffic information and re-routes you accordingly. 

[Lazydocker]

Nah I tried the force .

Course I pressed it nothing happened

Reckon someone might have disconnected the output then, because it should say something

[Lazydocker]

no, cause its a heap of inaccurate shyte, your better off with a chocolate donut to tell you information.

Ditto that!


Listen to the radio, or, buy a decent SatNav which gives accurate traffic information and re-routes you accordingly. 

Got a "decent" sat nav (which incidentally uses the same network of monitoring camera's for it's information ) but find TM to be quite useful... It's saved me sitting in long jams at least twice a year, which is worth it IMO At the end of the day, it's only an aid, not something to live by

Tunnie... It might not be much cop for someone who predominantly uses 1 or 2 roads, but when you travel the length and breadth of the country, frequently on major routes it's worth every penny

[Steve Wood]

Nah I tried the force .

Course I pressed it nothing happened

Reckon someone might have disconnected the output then, because it should say something

Any idea how to re-connect? Would it have just been un-plugged as it were?

[Lazydocker]

Nah I tried the force .

Course I pressed it nothing happened

Reckon someone might have disconnected the output then, because it should say something

Any idea how to re-connect? Would it have just been un-plugged as it were?

The unit is up under the dashboard, steering column height IIRC... Trace it and look for loose wires I suppose

[Steve Wood]

Cool, well pick her up tomorrow from the garage so I'll have a look then thanks for the assist

[feeutfo]

Having used Tom Tom traffic, rac traffic info, orange traffic, and traffic master predominantly along the m4 m25 m40 a404 a3 area I can say it's without doubt the most accurate of all of them. By some way.

I also have a feeling they may all be based on the same info. Possibly wrongly. By no means sure.

But whatever, using these in an attempt to navigate without issue brings home how difficult it is to relay traffic to drivers accurately. TM has limited range, but therefor has less time to be inaccurate.

Clearly Tunnie has had different experience. Can only give my experience as I find it.

But as said, as far as built in info goes, there's nout else.

I,d rather have a TM built in than a line of gadgets across the interior.

[albitz]

The only thing I know about it is that I have a button with "T" on my dashboard, which doesnt seem to do anything.

[TheBoy]

Nah I tried the force .

Course I pressed it nothing happened

Press the button twice, what does it say?

[TheBoy]

no, cause its a heap of inaccurate shyte, your better off with a chocolate donut to tell you information.

I knew there was a reason I retro fitted it to my current 3 cars

Its not perfect, but is a useful aid, esp on those roads with junction numbers - motorways, A14, A1 etc. Its quite accurate as well, and on very busy roads, you can get to hear of a jam as its building.

I wouldn't be without it.

[Debs.]

  My Traffic Mistress is a bit terse: "licence expired: ring this number"

Yada, yada, yada.....`always with the nagging; tell me about some queues will you!

[zirk]

For the 8p a day or what ever it cost I find TM really useful round the M25 and in London, how much petrol can you buy or save for 8p.

The Google Maps App (Live Traffic) uses Trafficmaster info, for free, although think it only works for the Motorways iirc.

Seem to remember TM was also free on the Vauxhall website, although not been on there for a while.

Chris.

[henryd]

My Traffic Mistress is a bit terse: "licence expired: ring this number"

Yada, yada, yada.....`always with the nagging; tell me about some queues will you!

mine does that too