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> Try the A1M south of Wetherby
>
> I did that trip about 10 days ago and Tom Tom was telling me to turn right in
100
> yards
>
> I would have had a problem had I done so , there was a barrier for the next 5

> miles or so

> Just got back from a trip to Exmouth.
>
> We were following the A303 (heading for Stansted in Essex) and in the
> top right hand corner TomTom Navigator (on an an Orange SPV M2000)
> quite rightly showed that we needed the M3 next. In the bottom bar
> of the screen it showed that we were on the A303.
>
> We had just passed Stonehenge and came to a roundabout. At this
> point the A303 changed from a single carriageway to a dual
> carriageway.
> Jane told us to take the motorway. (no motorway in sight)
>
> We took the A303 and TT carried on showing M3 in the top right hand
> corner but the display on the bottom bar of the screen changed to say
> that we were now on the M25!
>
> Thinking it would sort itself out in a little while, we left it but it
> carried on saying it was the M25 until we actually joined the M3 some
> 40 odd miles later.
>
> Why would it do this? Has anyone else driven this road and had the
> same problem?

>Liz J wrote:
>> Just got back from a trip to Exmouth.
>>
>> We were following the A303 (heading for Stansted in Essex) and in the
>> top right hand corner TomTom Navigator (on an an Orange SPV M2000)
>> quite rightly showed that we needed the M3 next. In the bottom bar
>> of the screen it showed that we were on the A303.
>>
>> We had just passed Stonehenge and came to a roundabout. At this
>> point the A303 changed from a single carriageway to a dual
>> carriageway.
>> Jane told us to take the motorway. (no motorway in sight)
>>
>> We took the A303 and TT carried on showing M3 in the top right hand
>> corner but the display on the bottom bar of the screen changed to say
>> that we were now on the M25!
>>
>> Thinking it would sort itself out in a little while, we left it but it
>> carried on saying it was the M25 until we actually joined the M3 some
>> 40 odd miles later.
>>
>> Why would it do this? Has anyone else driven this road and had the
>> same problem?
>
>Yes - drive the A303 regularly. The map data doesnt treat the A303/M3
>junction as such - not the most confusing mistake Ive seen in TT!
>

>Any idea when TomTom are bringing out the new maps? They say second
>quarter of 2006. Second quarter has now started. It would be helpful
>if they would update this to a more informative description.
>
>There are traffic restriction in Glasgow not reflected in the mapping.
>

> DieSea.NoSpamPlease@ntlworldd.ccom declared for all the world to hear...
>> Try the A1M south of Wetherby
>>
>> I did that trip about 10 days ago and Tom Tom was telling me to turn
>> right in 100
>> yards
>>
>> I would have had a problem had I done so , there was a barrier for the
>> next 5
>> miles or so
>