tom never tells me to turn around

lin

I have previously used navigator , whenever i took a wrong turn it told me to do a u turn if possible, if i choose to disregard this message it rerouted.
I have made a couple of trial runs with tom tom 3.03 , only once i got the advice to turn around ;today i took a wrong turn intentionally ,a local road along a canal ,tom rerouted immediatly ,sending me straight ahead for 1.8 km ,cross a bridge and turn left (we drive on the right hand side here !) ,so i drove back on the other side of the canal for 1.8 km !
My speed settings are at default, routing algorithm is strict.
I find it also annoying that there is no vocal warning when making a wron turn.
Do i have to refine my settings or are this "features"of tom tom ?
Thanks, Lin
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bestyman · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:25 am Post subject: u turn

My tomtom go tells me to make a u turn even thoug Im not Welsh and there are no sheep!

Ok sorry, had af ew beers and I thought it was funny.

Please forgive me

Mark

Zuke · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:55 am Post subject:

As I live in a cul-de-sac, half the time TTG tells me to turn round when I set out in the morning, since it doesn't know which way it's going till I start to move. It even directs me to the turning point at the end of the road!

I agree that a verbal notification of a route recalculation would be useful though. I also use Infomap Navigator on a PC which does do this, although I do object to being told "You are lost" first, as it's usually a deliberate change of direction on my part!

lin · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:26 am Post subject:

Zuke ,do you mean to say the turn around command is only given if it'a dead end ?
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dunno · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 87

[quote="Zuke"]As I live in a cul-de-sac, half the time TTG tells me to turn round when I set out in the morning, since it doesn't know which way it's going till I start to move. It even directs me to the turning point at the end of the road!

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i get the same as well as i live in a cul-de-sac as well

Zuke · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject:

lin · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

Thank you for replying, looks i 've got to live with this !
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nej · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:22 am Post subject:

I've noticed that as well. The other week I was staying in a hotel in Snowdonia and in the morning I put in my destination and it told me to turn left out of the hotel carpark. I duly did so and drove for a couple of miles to the next town, where it did a nice little turn around in a side road and then took me all the way back again...

If it had either told me to turn right out of the carpark or to do a u-turn it would've saved about 15 minutes...

dunno · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 87

Wilko · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 17, 2003 Posts: 203

I've noticed that if you put Strict calculations on instead of Normal, TomTom always re-calculates and looks for another route when you take a wrong turn, instead of looking at a quick way of getting you back on route.

carl_w · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242

I've had this with normal recalculation. It's a PITA if you're stuck in a traffic jam. If you select "Road Ahead Blocked for X miles", unless there's a handy turning it says "no alternate route possible". Surely it should attempt to calculate an alternate route that includes an immediate U-turn?

lin · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:

Actually ,i think i have to get used to the idea tom tom is a navigation aid ; i bought it for my wife , who has no sense of direction at all , sometimes ending up 50 km from the destination !i have been testing it on known territory .finding the odd fault off course, well , if tom tom gets my wife safely past busy complicated junctions , all the way to the destination adress , i'm satisfied, no more irate phone calls " ivé seen this building 5 times now , i can't find the adress !
Lin
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