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timluke Occasional Visitor

Joined: Aug 06, 2004 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject: tom tom 3 can i set it ro reroute around speed bumps |
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Hello all
Im getting well annoyed with speeds bumps of late is there a way of setting up my software to re route me around them?
Thanks in advance
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MrT Frequent Visitor

Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2146 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Yes just mark all roads with speed bumps with avoids. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor

Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Other than setting an manual avoid for every section of road so affected no, speed humps are not part of the map data so TT and other packages have no knowledge of them. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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carl_w Lifetime Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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I also have this problem. The TVR's ground clearance is about two inches. I've beached it on the edge of the "up" ramps in our local multi-storey before  |
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timluke Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Thats exactly the problem im having  |
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oddsock Pocket GPS Verifier


Joined: May 01, 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Monmouthshire
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:35 am Post subject: |
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If speed humps are causing drivers grief would it be possible for this site to set up a data base of them similar to the camera one?
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Firebird Lifetime Member

Joined: Nov 29, 2005 Posts: 181
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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carl_w wrote: | I also have this problem. The TVR's ground clearance is about two inches. I've beached it on the edge of the "up" ramps in our local multi-storey before  |
Same with the C5 'vette |
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Stanley_Tweedle Regular Visitor

Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 207
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Does Tomtom allow an avoid poi feature anyhow even if there was a database? |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator


Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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There is no "Avoid POI" feature in the TomTom software, this is something a lot of people would welcome if it were added, for HGV drivers it would act as another safety check to avoid low bridges for example - Mike |
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FocusTDCi Occasional Visitor

Joined: Jan 15, 2009 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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a databse would be handy tho, of all the speeds bumps, as people will see the poi on the maps and not take that road, (untill a avoid poi is invented) |
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Darren Frequent Visitor

Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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FocusTDCi wrote: | a databse would be handy tho, of all the speeds bumps, as people will see the poi on the maps and not take that road, (untill a avoid poi is invented) |
It could and would never work. Quite apart from the logistical nightmare of authoring one, very few devices have the ability to 'avoid' a POI. For most systems you wouldn't see or receive a warning of the impending 'sleeping policeman' until it was too late, cue lots of three point turns!
Whilst they are annoying they're not so bad that I'd seek to avoid at all costs. Anyone driving a vehicle that cannot negotiate them without damage needs to get a different car! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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FocusTDCi Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:56 am Post subject: |
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but when you are in a roofing truck and you have all your stuff on the back, avoid speed humps is a must! sometimes we have a few ton's of blocks, ladders, asphalt pots, rolls of felt, and bumps are just toooo annoying!
not everyone is in a car all the time! |
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Darren Frequent Visitor

Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:09 am Post subject: |
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FocusTDCi wrote: | but when you are in a roofing truck and you have all your stuff on the back, avoid speed humps is a must! sometimes we have a few ton's of blocks, ladders, asphalt pots, rolls of felt, and bumps are just toooo annoying! |
Ah I confess that wasn't something I'd considered. I'd thought you might have a car with bodykit on it that was scraping the floor! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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FocusTDCi Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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not yet, but its on the to-do list!
i still dont like speed bumps in the car either! |
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Brett928S2 Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Hi
My first post here
I would pay to access a "Speed Bumps" POI ...as if there was one......it would not take long for someone to write the "Avoid POI" app...
My Porsche has precisely 3 inches ground clearance and no, I do not want another car thanks
All the best Brett  |
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