HarryM1BYT
23rd October 2011, 09:06
Yesterday morning I set off for Andy Willi's, just north of Doncaster. Not being that familiar with the last part of the route, I set off then just before entering the A1(M) motorway, I pulled over to set the satnav up to guide me to Andy's door.
As I was busy parked and keying this into the satnav, I was passed by several ambulances on B&T's. Thinking no more about it I set off following the satnav and the ambulances, until it tried to divert me off the A1 and onto the A19 - which I knew to be wrong, so I continued past and ran into a several mile holdup, due to a serious accident completely blocking the A1(M) south.
Nothing at all had showed up on the Traffic Master, but the satnav's TMC had picked it up remarkably quickly and routed around it. The TMC had the accident data, before the emergency services had even got there.
As I was busy parked and keying this into the satnav, I was passed by several ambulances on B&T's. Thinking no more about it I set off following the satnav and the ambulances, until it tried to divert me off the A1 and onto the A19 - which I knew to be wrong, so I continued past and ran into a several mile holdup, due to a serious accident completely blocking the A1(M) south.
Nothing at all had showed up on the Traffic Master, but the satnav's TMC had picked it up remarkably quickly and routed around it. The TMC had the accident data, before the emergency services had even got there.