Gerald - Lots of us share your annoyance with Garmin. I have a Nuvi
(265 I think). I always try and look at a map first. I also use
fastest time setting, but for me, it thinks Pacific Coast Highway
through Long Beach, CA with traffic lights and congestion is faster than
driving a little bit further on the freeway at 75mph (non-peak traffic).
I think the issue is that it ignores red light stoppage time and assumes
you will travel the speed limit unless there is a traffic delay.
I've also noticed that Garmin traffic tends to lag behind reality. When
I'm going home at the tail end of traffic, I tend to ignore Garmin's
warnings about congestion ahead, but pay more attention when traffic
starts to back up.
Before leaving work, I normally check traffic on Google Maps as Los
Angeles traffic is a mess, but I have yet to move to a smart phone, so
Ms. Nuvi still keeps me company.
If I could make another reprogramming suggestion to the GPS
manufactures, I'd also have then say "you missed the turn. Make a
U-turn now." Instead, it tries to route me on a collection of streets
to drive around the block.
Brian
On 12/12/2012 10:02 AM, Gerald Brazil wrote:
> I have a Garmin Nuvi 255w and it does one annoying thing that I haven't
> figured out how to beat. I hope the crowd intelligence of this group can
> help. Let me give you a recent example...
>
>
>
> We were traveling northbound on I 65 headed toward Nashville, TN. Our
> destination for the evening was White House, TN, about 15 miles north of
> Nashville. I had my settings set to "fastest time". As we got near Nashville
> toward the end of evening rush the "Lady-in-the Box" routed me through a
> very busy downtown Nashville with 2 or 3 expressway changes. It would have
> been a lot easier on my nerves to just stay on I 65 and skirt around
> Nashville and wind up where I wanted. I think if I had been set on "shortest
> distance" I would have probably got the same result but I am not sure. Is
> there any other way to avoid downtown congestion?
>
>
>
> Is the only solution."buy a more expensive GPS?"
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