How useful do you find the base traffic service on Garmin?
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:25pm
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16 years
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By base, I mean that the basic subscription that is included with the purchase of Garmin GPS' that offer "lifetime traffic", not the other providers you have to purchase.
I'm finding that its basically useless. Perhaps if there's information on UNEXPECTED delay, maybe it will be.
It is utterly useless for fighting rush hour traffic, which is what I was hoping for. It will see traffic on freeway and route me to surface roads assuming these roads have zero traffic. There is no information on surface roads, so it doesn't know better.
It often ends up taking longer.
Traffic
I works pretty well for me in Atlanta, which always has traffic - day or night.
JG - Nuvi 2460
I find it mildly useful, I
I find it mildly useful, I live in the DC area, it show congestion however if you detour around it, you might run into even a bigger one, because the traffic data is not complete so it is pretty useless in the end, unless you really know the area.
Baltimore Metro Area
Works great in the Baltimore Metro area
Traffic Info
It is only a tool and as good as the info received. It is what it is!