Helping Motorists Focus At Government 1st Ever SatNav Summit

RobBrady

Norman Baker, Local Transport Minister, is preparing to host the UK’s first ever Sat-Nav Summit this March to help motorists with their journeys.

The main area up for discussion is in regards to the problems faced by drivers of high-sided or large vehicles, such as lorries. These motorists can sometimes fall foul of Sat-Nav directions which are out of date, leading them to encounter difficulties on the road.

This issue has already been partly addressed with earlier reports revealing that local authorities were being given the power to reclassify A and B roads in their local area, hoping to resolve Sat Nav issues.

Baker labelled the current problems experienced be motorists as the "scourge of local communities" and explained that the summit is "timely" as the new regulations concerning the ability of local authorities to reclassify roads will be introduced in April.

In response to news of the summit, motoring body IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) claimed that they "welcomed" the summit, but emphasised their belief that "high quality and consistent signposting will always be the best way to ensure that drivers get the information they require."

The advice is, therefore, for drivers to use Sat-Nav systems as guides when driving rather than following them blindly. A combination of improved Sat-Nav maps, reclassified roads and effective signposting could help to ensure drivers get the best possible experience whilst out on the roads, reducing the number of errors made during journeys.

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Robert Brady

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worried · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 74

for my Sins I have an oldish Navman N20 which suits my use, it seldom lets me down, Scotish Highlands, Welsh hinterlands, Cornish cart track roads and has radio blockage reporting built in. But Navman no longer update the maps, so you can be steaming up the A1 and the ruondabouts have disappeared, but still on the map

will be intersting when the know nothing MP's get involved

alix776 · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject:

Hgv maps and devices are priced at a premium with many Satnavs priced out of the reach of many drivers for some reason many software house beleive that employers are buying these devices when the main buyers for the devices are drivers themselves. U till maps updates comedown to more realistic prices the. The problem will persist. Also many companies that are buying devices in the current climate are opting for standard satnav over veihcle specific devices

The goverment wants faster map updates with the rate that councils change and impliment one way systems and weight limits I very much doubt that teleatlasband navteq will be able to keep up
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MaFt · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject:

personally i'd say that a map update at £30 is pretty good value!

the big players also do lifetime updates usually at around £60-£100 that gives you 4 updates a year for the life of your satnav.

even if you only keep a satnav for 3 years that's only £20-£30 per year for keeping maps up to date. when you consider that you pay £20-£30 per week for fuel it's not that bad really, is it?

MaFt

theripper · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:04 am Post subject:

spook51 · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:02 am Post subject:

bmuskett · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject:

And even if they do produce cheaper and more frequent updates, what proportion of drivers will actually apply them? I suspect a majority of sat navs are never updated.

spook51 · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

mike170469 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject:

I have always thought it was the quality of the maps at fault here. In the UK there are quite a lot of road classes, down to at least D, plus unclassified. But the satnav suppliers/mappers are not using them - hence drivers being sent down "60mph" country lanes!
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spook51 · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject:

I always thought UK roads are classified: motorways, A roads and B roads. All others are unclassified as far as the motorist is concerned.

DennisN · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject:

spook51 · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:34 am Post subject:

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