Sid has sent in his thoughts of the traffic service available from ALK for Co-Pilot, and he is far from impressed. This is a hard one to judge because I have driven over 8,000 miles since using it and never had one single problem. I guess no system is perfect, but it will be interesting to see what ALK responds with.
“Shaun, Hi. I listen to your thoughts daily and take a huge amount of notice of your comments. You do seem to be WAY of the mark on one topic though and I think it’d be wise to warn others.
The traffic service on CoPilot 8 on the iPhone is awful. I like CoPilot 8 and use it almost daily. I figured £18 for the traffic notice would be money well spent. Well, it wasn’t. On Monday 28th I spent 5 hours to make a trip that normally takes 1.5hrs up the M5 and M6 and CoPilot never found a single issue. On the return trip I had no problems whatsoever with traffic but CoPilot warned me of several hold-ups.
I have written to ALK to get their comments and hopefully a refund, but in the meantime I think it’d be wise to warn your readers that this service is not ready for practical use.
I hate to be negative, but I was sorely affected by my trip on the 28th. Otherwise the software is great and your site continues to be superb. Thanks, Sid.”
