So What Is TrafficMaster?

[Alty]

I have recently purchased a Pug 407 SW (and am picking it up this weekend) and it has a small monochrome LCD device attached to the dashboard labelled "TrafficMaster". I used my googlefu skills to see that it has something to do with GPS and route navigation but am I right in thinking that it is a pay per journey item?

There were no instructions or suchlike for this device that came with the car so I do not know how to use it or even if I want to use it - at present there is a compass on the LCD display which doesn't really impress. I realise I shouldn't be ungrateful for a freebie but I just can't work out what the hell I'm supposed to do with it!

Any insight appreciated.

 

[Mr_White]

It used to be subscription based, and will alert you to any congestion or traffic jams ahead and tell you where to turn off for a different route, that was about 10 years ago though, but I assume it still does the same thing, it's what all the blue cameras on the roads are for.

I'm sure it'll be a bit more advanced now, but it's probably the same thing.

 

[Dogbreath]

Trafficmaster own the blue cameras you see everywhere, that are for traffic monitoring. It's basically a service that notifies you of hold ups and traffic jams ahead. I think the basic service is free as it broadcasts using RDS, but hopefully someone else can confirm.

 

[peige]

I had a vectra with a traffic master button on it, used to have to subscribe for a year to get it working. Used to light up red when there was traffic, i think you pressed it and it told you what was going on.

 

[philjohn]

No point to it really any more as even low-end GPS PND's (TomTom one) can have an RDS-TMC aerial fitted for a one-off cost of around £45 which pays for your subscription for the life of the unit...better still, the GPS PND will reroute you around the traffic jam.