Avoidance of Smart Motorways
Boyd_Taylor1
Posts: 1 [New Traveler]
I own a WiFi GO 6000 Premium but this suggestion is relevant for all devices: When requesting a route on the device it is possible to choose to avoid Motorways, which can be useful, however I am of the opinion that these so-called Smart Motorways are very dangerous and recent statistics confirm this. I feel very unsafe on them and try to avoid them if possible, so I suggest that TomTom add an extra choice onto the menu allowing avoidance of the Smart sections of a Motorway as well as all Motorways in general. If anyone out there agrees please add your voice to this suggestion so increasing pressure on the development team to do so. Thanks
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Welcome to the community! A feature like this has not been requested before so would be interesting to see how many of our users feel the same.
I will add this as a feedback request to be passed on to our Product and Development teams.
Thank you, Vikram
Given that Tom Tom units are likely to be widely used in older vehicles which did not have built in Sat Nav the likelihood of a breakdown are presumably higher...so an option to avoid Smart motorway sections would be welcomed by me...I am not going to drive on one again.
Alan
Standard, non motorway, dual carriageways have no hard shoulder
Why is a standard dual carriageway safe to drive on but a smart motorway dangerous?
My thoughts exactly and on a dual carriageway you don't have overhead warning signs well in advance to inform you of lane closures/other hazards or variable speed limits to tell you to slow down.