BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
15-02-2017, 09:43
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BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
The BBC Travel site was permanently closed on 14/02/17!
I am looking for a similar alternative, this needs to provide me with a map with the incidents on it and also LIVE traffic cameras that i can click on and view the traffic live, is there anything like this available?
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15-02-2017, 10:05
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
I've tended to use www.roadworks.org
There are various filter that you can use including live traffic but I don't know if it has cameras. You could try www.trafficengland.com
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15-02-2017, 10:09
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
Thanks i will check it out.
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15-02-2017, 19:19
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
The AA do a app for members which does traffic, so I'll guess the others will.
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Alternatively TomTom Go 5000 & 6000 have built in traffic master and constantly update you route as required.
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15-02-2017, 20:03
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
Do dedicated Satnavs with built in live traffic require the user to have mobile phone data as i am on pay as you go so dont pay for data?
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15-02-2017, 20:54
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
My TomTom Go 5000 has a built in SIM I don't pay any data, nor do I need to register with a mobile operator.
You just plug in and set your route, and you can even do it via voice.
FYI the only difference between the 5000 & 6000 is screen size 5" or 6".
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16-02-2017, 00:47
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16-02-2017, 10:12
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
Still can't find something with Live Traffic cameras, as i use this all the time before leaving for work, to see instantly if the A14 is slow/blocked or not.
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16-02-2017, 11:08
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16-02-2017, 11:11
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
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Just what i was after thanks, shame the map is kind of crappy looking though.
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16-02-2017, 13:29
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
TomTom website has a map/routing facility and because some of its units can report back conditions it can show traffic jams on smaller routes. No cameras though.
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16-02-2017, 18:10
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
The highways agency has a good Ios app, and I think they have one for Android as well.
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16-02-2017, 19:05
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
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Originally Posted by MarieOHMarie
Does this mean there will be a reduction in the cost of the TV Licence? A good family friend who works as a carer recently visited a 63 year old who couldnt afford heating due to the threat of prison from the BBC licence fee,
Even the CAB advised her to throw her TV in a skip as the BBC would have her sent to prison!!!! Yet her only contact with the outside world is a TV. Why can't she just buy a TV that does not receive the BBC? Its very easy to do with modern technology
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We haven't paid the BBC tax for 15 years and hardly watch any of the rubbish that they broadcast. It's not that difficult: Just don't open your front door to the bozos.
Strictly speaking it's not the not paying the tax that gets a prison sentence, it's ignoring the court order to pay the non-compliance fine.
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16-02-2017, 19:20
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Re: BBC Travel has closed, alternatives?
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Originally Posted by MarieOHMarie
So basically not paying the BBC tv will eventually lead to prison?
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Only if you let them "catch" you. Most people get done by opening the door, or even worse letting their children open the door, to the bozo's and letting them in. You are under no obligation to do so. They have no more powers than the local double glazing salesman.
Like I say 15 years.... or ~£2,100. I'd rather have that in the beer fund.
But I fear we take this thread too far off the original topic so end of this before the mods step in.
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