Do Sat Nav traffic updates work in Ireland? ie can you see the M50 backed up in morn?

elmicko

I want to get a SatNav for my dad for Christmas, I was thinking of
TomTom ONE v4 Satellite Navigation - Western Europe Traffic Edition ,which is 30 odd pounds cheaper than the same version without the traffic updates, so I was just wondering if anyone has a GPS with "traffic" and does it actually work

luckat

Not in Ireland, as far as I know - the traffic updates rely on the road system having satellite-connected.... thingies, which the roads here don't have.

However, it will help you in another way - if you drive away from a traffic-filled road, it'll show you another route.

Alun

elmicko wrote: »

I want to get a SatNav for my dad for Christmas, I was thinking of
TomTom ONE v4 Satellite Navigation - Western Europe Traffic Edition ,which is 30 odd pounds cheaper than the same version without the traffic updates, so I was just wondering if anyone has a GPS with "traffic" and does it actually work

Ha ha ... this is Ireland, what do you think?

ednwireland

surely for the m50 it needs a permanent this road is congested message ?