Garmin i3, why does it ignore motorways?

Dixie123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 7

Can anyone help, My i3 seems to bypass motorways, I have tried to set it to0 both fastest and shortest route but it makes no differance. When i was going to Tamworth, it sent me up the A4 and not up the M5/M42. Coming back it was constantly trying to get me off the motorway??? Any ideas?? Sad

zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

remember the a4 is a '60mph' road and the motorway is a '70mph' road .. the i3 takes into account the '10mph' difference and calcultates the faster/shorter route which probaly happens to be the a4...where are you coming from?
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zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject:

yea.... and what floridafil wrote
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matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

settings , navigation , avoidances

make sure highways and toll roads are not selected

Dixie123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 7

I am coming from Shepton Mallet, usually I go into Bath and round the back streets to get on the M4.

zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject:

just done a routing on mapsource and both fastest and shortest took me up the m5 .....have you looked at the 'aviod' menu?..
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Dixie123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 7

Just checked my avoidances, set as follows.

Toll roads checked
Avoid Highways unchecked
Avoid carpool lanes unchecked
U-Turns checked
Unpaved Roads checked.

Am i missing something?

Thanks

zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

all the settings are ok mate....sorry cant think of why your i3 is doing that at the moment....
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zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

just a thought ..what does it do on simulation mode?
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Dixie123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 7

Simulation mode???????????????????? didn't know there is one? How do I get that?

Thanks

zogman · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject:

plan the route when you are indoors and because the i3
cant get the satelittes, it prompts you for a simulation mode..
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matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

dixie uncheck u turns. they come in handy if it sends you down a cul de sac. it will re route you quicker in any case if it can chuck in a u turn.

as mentioned above try a simulation.

turn the gps setting to off, select destination and then yes to simulation. see where this takes you. it may be that the "a" road is close enough to a motorway for it to take it as such.

keep in mind that the system is really only a guide and will never be as good as local knowledge. it doesn't stop you from using it navigating the way you want to, it just makes it recalculate. this is always handy if there is an unexpected road closure or diversion ahead.

who knows by trying the routes it sets might suprise you.

Lester_Burnham · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 618

matb · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 258

dixie uncheck toll roads aswell incase you ever venture north via birmingham

leave unpaved checked. this will stop it sending you down dirt tracks through farms and unadopted roads not suitable for cars etc.

carpool lanes setting depends on how many you might have down south, they are better known as car shareing lanes. we dont have any up north.

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