TomTom/Theaa.com route times

[UKBob]

Does either theAA.com website or the TomTomGo sat nav software take into account the time of day when a route is planned, to give the most accurate approximate arrival times? Im guessing both should, and probably do...?

[lurking lawyer]

I think the blurb in the small print on the AA site refers to the time being based on travel at off-peak times.

[PetrolTed]

Nope.

[puggit]

They most definitely do not - I think that generally these tools base it on an average speed of 60mph on motorway and 30mph off motorway.

Add a little common sense when you get the information

[speed8]

www.viamichelin.com

afaik it has an option which you can put the time you depart. wether that takes into account traffic or not i don't know but it is a fantastic bit of route planning if you don't have a gps dooda

[UKBob]

speed8 said:

www.viamichelin.com afaik it has an option which you can put the time you depart. wether that takes into account traffic or not i don't know but it is a fantastic bit of route planning if you don't have a gps dooda

Ive got a GPS doodah, but have never experimented to establish whether or not they sport time sensitive intelligence. If not now, its just a matter of time.

[drifting]

Hi Bob,



I run a courier firm and for anywhere in the country over a reasonable distance it always has worked out about a mile a min, so 60 miles per hour. It does not seem matter if you are in your Cerb or a diesel van it always seems to work out this way over a distance. (But not the same if its 2 A.M in the morning on a empty motorway)


Drifting

[UKBob]

drifting said:

Hi Bob, I run a courier firm and for anywhere in the country over a reasonable distance it always has worked out about a mile a min, so 60 miles per hour. It does not seem matter if you are in your Cerb or a diesel van it always seems to work out this way over a distance. (But not the same if its 2 A.M in the morning on a empty motorway) Drifting

I found the tom tom to be incredibly accurate, whatever the traffic and roads are like. Uncannily so! Push it a bit, and you can shave the minutes off nicely.