How to deactivate tracks/lorries detours? I am driving a car.

Hi @TonyRe

If your TT unit is a GO620 professional, a truck based unit, then you should be able to select Car as the vehicle in settings and it should then route as it would with a Car based device.

If you have a car based GO620 then there are no Truck related options.

As you are in Australia so there maybe something I don't recognise so what do you mean by Track/lorry detours.

Doug

Hi

ZE is also a serial number prefix for the GO620 Professional model in Australia.

Doug

Hi @TonyRe

Looks like you have a car based GO620 or a Car Map loaded. Try the following

Tap Menu
Tap Settings
Tap System
Tap About

You should get a list of info including the Map or Maps loaded on the device. If the Map listed does not have Truck in its description then it is not a Truck based Map.

Now when in Settings if you Tap Maps then Add a Map are you offered a Truck Map. If not then you have a GO 620 and not a GO620 Professional which is a Truck unit.

Look back here on Monday to see if @VikramK can confirm what model you have.

Doug

Hi @TonyRe

In Settings/Route Planning what have you set under the heading Always plan this type of route

Doug.

Hi @TonyRe

The always plan this type of route is just below the list you show.

The 3 options you list are related to what you want to happen if there is a Faster route available than the current route being suggested. Ie

Do you want it to replace the current route without asking you

Do you want it to ask you whether you want to take the faster route first

Or don’t you want it to change whatever is the current route even if there is a faster route.

These 3 options are then followed by a number of other options which, depending on which option you select, define the type of route you want to apply whenever the GO620 calculates a route. Ie do you want it to always calculate

The fastest route
The Shortest route
Always avoid Motorways
Etc. Etc

There will never be an Avoid Heavy Vehicle detours as the Car maps do not have vehicle dimensions or weight details in them to know whether a route has issues related to the vehicle. It will calculate a route based on a car and your desire for the Fastest Route, Slowest or Avoiding Motorways etc. If you are seeing Heavy Vehicle detour signs it is because the route type you have selected coincides with the suggested route for heavy vehicles.

Doug

Hi @TonyRe

I always have mine set to Fastest.

Doug

Hi @TonyRe

As I said I always have Fastest Route as my selected Route preference.

If I ask to be directed to Oxford then my route is 105 miles and just over 2 hours. If I set the preferred route as Eco then the route is 85 miles, over 3 hours and involves going through London rather than around it.

When your TT units calculate a route they take into consideration the Traffic conditions within 50 miles plus Radius of your start point. There is not much point in routing based on a Traffic Jam 100 miles away as it could well be sorted before you get anywhere near it. As you drive along it updates itself on the Current Traffic situation within 50 + miles of your current position. So if it finds a new route that is faster than the currently proposed one then you have either set it to just change to the faster route without telling you or for it to advise you so you can choose to take the newer faster route or carry on the way you were being directed.

On your GO620 you can ask it to calculate a route to a final destination but programme it to go via specific places. Ie go through Sidney rather than around it but to do this you need to put in Waypoints within Sidney to enable this.

Doug