Travelling from Lake District to Midlands yesterday in the appalling weather conditions, I had my first real experience of dynamic route management.
First the little lady told me to take the next exit off the M6. As the screen was full of little red cars I took her advice. I had literally just pulled out of the queue of traffic when I got the "your route is being recalculated due to current messages" and got told I should have stayed where I was.
In the real world and pouring rain, trying to rejoin a motorway from the exit slip road is not the most sensible of options so I left the motorway. The lady then sulked for two minutes "recalculating route" leaving me wondering where the hell was the best way to go. My good old paper Phillip's Navigator motoring atlas was safely locked in the boot. After a few minutes, I was directed to "make a U turn if possible" and was sent back onto the M6 half mile further back in the queue than I was before.
Further down the motorway, I was directed onto the M56 (due to current traffic messages). No prizes for guessing what happened at the first exit. Yes, U turn and back to the M6.
I was determined to ignore both the little lady and my wife who was really helping with comments such as "This system isn't any good is it??" but the rain stopped and traffic started to flow again.
Does anybody have any better experiences?
First the little lady told me to take the next exit off the M6. As the screen was full of little red cars I took her advice. I had literally just pulled out of the queue of traffic when I got the "your route is being recalculated due to current messages" and got told I should have stayed where I was.
In the real world and pouring rain, trying to rejoin a motorway from the exit slip road is not the most sensible of options so I left the motorway. The lady then sulked for two minutes "recalculating route" leaving me wondering where the hell was the best way to go. My good old paper Phillip's Navigator motoring atlas was safely locked in the boot. After a few minutes, I was directed to "make a U turn if possible" and was sent back onto the M6 half mile further back in the queue than I was before.
Further down the motorway, I was directed onto the M56 (due to current traffic messages). No prizes for guessing what happened at the first exit. Yes, U turn and back to the M6.
I was determined to ignore both the little lady and my wife who was really helping with comments such as "This system isn't any good is it??" but the rain stopped and traffic started to flow again.
Does anybody have any better experiences?
