x40/HD Traffic/TMC in use

jonstatt · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 140

There are definitely some LIVE service issues.

The safety cameras are clearly and most definitely severely broken.

Its not that the database is inferior to the one published by this site...but there are classic cameras missing...I mean really obvious ones...like those on the M25 around Heathrow.

Flashyphotos · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject:

Re Camera's

In Chesterfield today the new "Premium Live" cameras on the 540 were missing 3 fixed sites that have been there 3+ Years

These ones are happily shown in the "Standard Camera Services in use on my other device 720"

So there are so real hiccups between the information being used.

Standard New Users Beta Testing for TomTom and this time will be paying £7.99 for the honor!!!!

Guinness2702 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 23, 2008 Posts: 156

Guinness2702 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 23, 2008 Posts: 156

Plenty of traffic being reported right now - 180 incidents, which is more than I have seen at any time since I bought it. This, incidentally, also includes the stretch of the A405 down to the M25, where I encountered traffic on Tuesday night with no HD report.

mcwarre · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2004 Posts: 157

I appreciate that there will be teething problems but the feedback thus far doesn't seem to support a charging regime of £7 (ish) per month........... (after the free trial)

Floriank · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 22

Hmm, traffic jam I sat in last night (as per my posting earlier in this thread) is reported tonight - obviously, its a daily event on this stretch of road - it seems the system is still being updated and fully implemented.

Gives me hope for the future.....

As for Safety Cameras, drove past two more today and none are on the system, not a single one. This part is obviously still broken. Just wondering if anybody has seen ANY camera alerts so far, I certainly haven't.

Florian

Guinness2702 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 23, 2008 Posts: 156

uffe73 · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:

TomTom should be happy to have you guys beta testing their new product and services! Very Happy

I think I'll stick to my 720 with TMC for a while until I see proof of these new services actually working. Well, as a matter of fact I have no option at present, since HD traffic is not yet available in Sweden. Smile

Guinness2702 · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 23, 2008 Posts: 156

ziro · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2008 Posts: 30

I really hope the he traffic and cams are not final or considered finished because they are truly shocking when compared to a£19 a year cam subscription or tmc traffic. On my route to work I get ~5 old false locations and 3 missed specs. It must be anciently out of date.

Traffic reported a 2 min delay 12 mins away that took me 40 minutes to get to - go figure.

Graeme2812 · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:45 am Post subject:

Just returned from Edinburgh where I was inbound about 17:00. I knew exactly where I was going so I left the 540 on the overhead map display set to show traffic.....after it eventually connected again!

Areas I was expecting to see incidents were Northbound on the A90 to wards the Forth Road bridge, around the Gogar and Hermiston junctions, which link the M8 and the A8 which make up the arterial routes in/out of Edinburgh and the ringroads around Edinburgh.

As we crossed the bridge southbound to wards Edinburgh, there was a slight build up of traffic heading north wards to wards the bridge, but no report from the HDT. The junctions around the M8 and A8 were starting to show a slight build up on HDT, which local radio confirmed. One thing I did notice of what HDT was showing was the length of buildup and severity increased after every update which gave me some confidence in it's accuracy. Shortly (10/15min) after passing the Traffic heading northbound to wards the bridge, HDT reported this congestion, and after a few updates it appeared to be as accurate as I have every seen any traffic info for the length, (almost within a mile) however it's estimation of how long it would take to clear was somewhat ambitious. Judging by the speed & volume, it would take more than 8min to clear the section of road it referred to.
This again was the case when passing through Queensferry Road (A90) another arterial route out of Edinburgh. As we passed heading into town, the congested traffic heading out of town was not reported. By this time the volume was substantial. In fairness, within a few updates (so around 6min) it was reporting this traffic, and again as accurate as I have ever seen as far as the length of congestion, however with the estimation still somewhat overly generous.

On the return journey, we encountered some congestion leaving Edinburgh and what I can say Is as I was watching the road ahead/behind of me fill up, I was able to then watch it on the HDT which was impressive, bearing in mind what we've had for traffic info in the past. Correctly so, as the traffic began flowing again, it also reduced the level of congestion waiting a matter of a few updates.

I also checked in on some roadworks that I knew would be causing problems in Dundee around the A90. Again I was able to watch as HDT updated the length and severity of the congestion to wards the roadworks, and also the effects it was having on approaching roads. Which all seemed reasonably accurate from experence.

The issues I'm still missing from HDT, but are present on SDT are the reports of roadworks. lane restrictions, contraflows and road closures. I accept that these issues may not cause traffic problems all the time, but I'd like to at least know about them so I am better informed. Afterall, I/we are told that HDT offerers us everything and more that SDT offered us, which doesn't seem to be the case for me right now.

Impressed, but not convinced.

Update: New traffic error message just in: "No Data availible" and the little yellow triangle. Rolling Eyes

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DennisN · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:05 am Post subject:

Will somebody let me know when Beta testing of HDT and IQ2 are completed, please. Might be tempted if they ever work!
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Skwark · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 30, 2005 Posts: 86

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