XT is convinced an open road is closed
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:11 pm
This strikes me as a problem caused by the traffic reporting service that the XT "subscribes" to, but thought I'd share.
Last night we asked the XT to route us home from a restaurant during torrential rain. It certainly would be possible for various roads here on Cape Cod to be closed due to temporary flooding, so I had the XT display the traffic info on the right side of the screen even though I know my way. We had not gone a mile before the XT announced that Route 6 (the highway we would normally take to get home) was closed and therefore the XT chose a detour that was complicated and in my opinion not the best way around the closure.
I was skeptical that 6 was actually closed because unless there was an accident, the back roads would be more susceptible to flooding. So we ignored the GPS and headed for the highway. Sure enough, the on-ramp was open and we got on 6. After a few miles, the XT again warned that 6 was closed 2 miles ahead. After 2 miles, the warning disappeared and did not return.
If we were in an area unknown to us, the XT would have sent us on a wild goose chase.
-dan
Last night we asked the XT to route us home from a restaurant during torrential rain. It certainly would be possible for various roads here on Cape Cod to be closed due to temporary flooding, so I had the XT display the traffic info on the right side of the screen even though I know my way. We had not gone a mile before the XT announced that Route 6 (the highway we would normally take to get home) was closed and therefore the XT chose a detour that was complicated and in my opinion not the best way around the closure.
I was skeptical that 6 was actually closed because unless there was an accident, the back roads would be more susceptible to flooding. So we ignored the GPS and headed for the highway. Sure enough, the on-ramp was open and we got on 6. After a few miles, the XT again warned that 6 was closed 2 miles ahead. After 2 miles, the warning disappeared and did not return.
If we were in an area unknown to us, the XT would have sent us on a wild goose chase.
-dan