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31/7/2022 at 1:06pm
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Don't have a dedicated Caravan/MH Sat Nav, but use TomTom's Mydrive online route planner (with provision for inputting unit details), then download route to my ordinary car Tom Tom unit.
BUT the route planning is not infallible, tries to punt me down routes that I KNOW are not best suited to my caravan (despite putting in dimensions!), regular one is directing me over Rothay Bridge on A593 at top of Lake Windermere on my way to Coniston, now I know this bridge well enough to know that it's a combination of a hump back bridge AND virtual U bend, which even in a solo car is driving blind until you are completely over it (all you can see out of windscreen is sky and trees!) AND only really wide enough for one car at a time either way, dragging a large caravan over it is probably possible, but no fun, then the rest of the A593 even though NOT single track, down to Coniston is horribly narrow and twisty even in a solo car, don't think I'd want to meet another wide vehicle coming other way at the multiple pinch points, whereas the route travelling north to Coniston on A5084 and A593 is relatively easy, but never the favoured route on the planner.
Another route that I know better that route planner, is to Sandyway on Exmoor, the sensible route is approach from the west via North Molton, but route planner will punt you down countless narrow windy lanes on a variety of routes from the east or south, all EXCEPT the good route from the west!
Countless other routes I know where approaching say a campsite from the opposite direction is much better that suggested route.
Knowledge and other research is everything, never inclined to put complete trust in an automated set of algorithms! They always seem to prioritise time/distance over accessibility even with dimension data. As suggested above, I suspect the road data is incomplete on widths etc., so the Sat Nav does not always take it into account.
Of all the route planners, found TomTom Mydrive to be the best, even with it's flaws, so would assume dedicated TomTom Sat Nav would be similarly good. My ordinary car TomTom has not been too silly (for solo car), and the live feed traffic data seems pretty good.
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