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From: Tarpon Springs FL
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I pay $25 for 5 mo's for XM and to my knowledge I never asked or signed anything for their traffic updates. And, after all the discussion here I guess the invisible man in the sky updates my Nav unit as to the traffic.....He does do a good job especially with the colored lanes, which by the way are very accurate.
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Boiler,
Yep, Waze is amazingly good, but it works best in heavy traffic areas w/ lots of Wazers on-line. In a less populated area, any old nav will do. Those lucky enough to live in such areas wouldn't notice a difference by using Waze, since it would send you the same way the factory nav would.
If you're sure about that, I guess you got lucky, and they gave it to you for nothing. I evaluated it during the trial period, and when I went to re-up for music, they asked if I wanted the traffic and weather packages for extra money. I didn't because it sucked compared to Waze.
During the trial period, I ran both the OEM nav, and Waze, and the latter always got me where I wanted to go much faster in heavy traffic. The OEM nav w/ SXM traffic data put me in the middle of major jams that Waze tried to route me around.
I no longer have any "colored lines" on my OEM nav display.
Yes and no.
Waze relies on driver input to report things like accidents, construction, etc., but it automatically senses jams by analyzing speed data. If the avg. speed of Waze users on an interstate highway is 5 mph in a 10 mile stretch, it will attempt to route you around that without user reports. In addition, when it senses you're traveling significantly lower than the speed limit, it will ask you if you are in heavy traffic. The user just clicks a button to confirm that.
What it does depend upon is lots of users being on-line. In the Washington DC area, there are about 40,000 users on-line during heavy traffic periods. They don't have to report anything in order for their data to be usable for the system.
Yep, Waze is amazingly good, but it works best in heavy traffic areas w/ lots of Wazers on-line. In a less populated area, any old nav will do. Those lucky enough to live in such areas wouldn't notice a difference by using Waze, since it would send you the same way the factory nav would.
I pay $25 for 5 mo's for XM and to my knowledge I never asked or signed anything for their traffic updates. And, after all the discussion here I guess the invisible man in the sky updates my Nav unit as to the traffic.....He does do a good job especially with the colored lanes, which by the way are very accurate.
During the trial period, I ran both the OEM nav, and Waze, and the latter always got me where I wanted to go much faster in heavy traffic. The OEM nav w/ SXM traffic data put me in the middle of major jams that Waze tried to route me around.
I no longer have any "colored lines" on my OEM nav display.
Waze relies on driver input to report things like accidents, construction, etc., but it automatically senses jams by analyzing speed data. If the avg. speed of Waze users on an interstate highway is 5 mph in a 10 mile stretch, it will attempt to route you around that without user reports. In addition, when it senses you're traveling significantly lower than the speed limit, it will ask you if you are in heavy traffic. The user just clicks a button to confirm that.
What it does depend upon is lots of users being on-line. In the Washington DC area, there are about 40,000 users on-line during heavy traffic periods. They don't have to report anything in order for their data to be usable for the system.
Last edited by Foosh; Jan 27, 2017 at 07:21 PM.
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Joined: Oct 2016
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From: Seattle Washington
NavTraffic is a feature with Serius/XM that is provided as part of the trial. If you don't opt to renew the service with the optional NavTraffic (around $44/yr) the traffic overlays will dissappear.
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Joined: Aug 2002
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From: MI
I agree on the routing. However even in less densely populated areas I keep Waze running in the off chance someone reports a police trap or an accident. However you can't count on the reports unless you are in a higher traffic area.
Boiler,
Yep, Waze is amazingly good, but it works best in heavy traffic areas w/ lots of Wazers on-line. In a less populated area, any old nav will do. Those lucky enough to live in such areas wouldn't notice a difference by using Waze, since it would send you the same way the factory nav would.
If you're sure about that, I guess you got lucky, and they gave it to you for nothing. I evaluated it during the trial period, and when I went to re-up for music, they asked if I wanted the traffic and weather packages for extra money. I didn't because it sucked compared to Waze.
During the trial period, I ran both the OEM nav, and Waze, and the latter always got me where I wanted to go much faster in heavy traffic. The OEM nav w/ SXM traffic data put me in the middle of major jams that Waze tried to route me around.
I no longer have any "colored lines" on my OEM nav display.
Yes and no.
Waze relies on driver input to report things like accidents, construction, etc., but it automatically senses jams by analyzing speed data. If the avg. speed of Waze users on an interstate highway is 5 mph in a 10 mile stretch, it will attempt to route you around that without user reports. In addition, when it senses you're traveling significantly lower than the speed limit, it will ask you if you are in heavy traffic. The user just clicks a button to confirm that.
What it does depend upon is lots of users being on-line. In the Washington DC area, there are about 40,000 users on-line during heavy traffic periods. They don't have to report anything in order for their data to be usable for the system.
Yep, Waze is amazingly good, but it works best in heavy traffic areas w/ lots of Wazers on-line. In a less populated area, any old nav will do. Those lucky enough to live in such areas wouldn't notice a difference by using Waze, since it would send you the same way the factory nav would.
If you're sure about that, I guess you got lucky, and they gave it to you for nothing. I evaluated it during the trial period, and when I went to re-up for music, they asked if I wanted the traffic and weather packages for extra money. I didn't because it sucked compared to Waze.
During the trial period, I ran both the OEM nav, and Waze, and the latter always got me where I wanted to go much faster in heavy traffic. The OEM nav w/ SXM traffic data put me in the middle of major jams that Waze tried to route me around.
I no longer have any "colored lines" on my OEM nav display.
Yes and no.
Waze relies on driver input to report things like accidents, construction, etc., but it automatically senses jams by analyzing speed data. If the avg. speed of Waze users on an interstate highway is 5 mph in a 10 mile stretch, it will attempt to route you around that without user reports. In addition, when it senses you're traveling significantly lower than the speed limit, it will ask you if you are in heavy traffic. The user just clicks a button to confirm that.
What it does depend upon is lots of users being on-line. In the Washington DC area, there are about 40,000 users on-line during heavy traffic periods. They don't have to report anything in order for their data to be usable for the system.
