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psyskiesman
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 Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:09 pm Post subject: Tomtom renames UK motorways |
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| An interesting observation since installing the latest Tomtom map update; v960. I spotted it yesterday while driving on the M40........the notation on the screen saidM40/E05. Today I had M42/E05 and A34/E05........but funnily M3 was OK. Has anyone else spotted this, or does anybody know what's going on? |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| the E numbers are trans european routes however the uk dont sign these routes the e05 links scotland with spain for example |
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psyskiesman
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Today travelling south-west on the M42 it was shown as M42/E05 through the section with the speed cameras, but the next section linking to the M5 was shown correctly as M42. The M5 south was showing M5/E05, the M50 was correct and the M4 was marked as M4/E30. Weird. |
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psyskiesman
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| cjay2412 mentioned this and I thought he was being facetious; I mean a route from Scotland to Spain, but I see now he was serious. All the places I went today do tie in with these new e-routes, so that's cleared that up. Thanks for the replies. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| psyskiesman wrote: | | The M5 south was showing M5/E05. |
According to the Wikipedia article the E05 does not use the M5 and I did wonder why a direct route from Scotland to Spain would go via the South West (or is this Tomtom's latest routing  )
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| Rick-uk wrote: | | psyskiesman wrote: | | The M5 south was showing M5/E05. |
According to the Wikipedia article the E05 does not use the M5 and I did wonder why a direct route from Scotland to Spain would go via the South West (or is this Tomtom's latest routing ) |
Actually the M5 is silent as in "psychology". The route given is M6 down to Birmingham, then M42/M40 - to get to M42 from M6 you'd go down M5 to J4/4A, note they offer an alternative of M6 Toll, but that would be a longer way round.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:04 pm Post subject: Eeeeee |
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| They had the E numbers for the motorways marked on the first Tomtom maps. |
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justbrowsing
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject: Re: Eeeeee |
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| Tangsoodogb wrote: | | They had the E numbers for the motorways marked on the first Tomtom maps. |
....on UK maps? |
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Tangsoodogb
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject: Eeeeee |
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Yes, on UK maps and European ones.
I had an original TT700.
It was a bit confusing at first, being told to take E... instead of the M62.
They were marked as E..../M62, but the 'voice' only said E.... |
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justbrowsing
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Eeeeee |
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| Tangsoodogb wrote: | Yes, on UK maps and European ones.
I had an original TT700.
It was a bit confusing at first, being told to take E... instead of the M62.
They were marked as E..../M62, but the 'voice' only said E.... |
Well I've never, ever heard of that happening until very recently on UK maps and never come across it before on old Go Classic/300/x10/x20/x30's etc but maybe I've just never noticed in all these years of TT'ing, after all, what do I know? (don't answer that) |
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DaveTheTruck
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | Rick-uk wrote: | | psyskiesman wrote: | | The M5 south was showing M5/E05. |
According to the Wikipedia article the E05 does not use the M5 and I did wonder why a direct route from Scotland to Spain would go via the South West (or is this Tomtom's latest routing ) |
Actually the M5 is silent as in "psychology". The route given is M6 down to Birmingham, then M42/M40 - to get to M42 from M6 you'd go down M5 to J4/4A, note they offer an alternative of M6 Toll, but that would be a longer way round. |
No need to use the M5 at all as that will just add distance, just stay on M6 (not Toll) straight to M42, faster route (when clear, obviously  )
Or save yourself a few miles, go A66 from Penrith to Scotch Corner and down the M1. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:17 pm Post subject: TomTom map road numbees |
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Phew! I am pleased I checked this out. I just downloaded the latest map version for my 930 and noticed the road number having the additional E details. I thought it might be aTT foul-up but now I need to check out the E15!
Thanks everyone.
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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I thought E numbers were supposed to be bad for our health?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | I thought E numbers were supposed to be bad for our health? |
You can have as many E numbers as you like. Just don't eat any of them 
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