Satnav: avoid unclassified roads

What on Earth did we all do before satnav?! I will no doubt make myself very unpopular but how about taking responsibility and applying common sense for your route decisions? I get fed up at the number of presumably blind drivers following their satnav down a nearby track, even on one occasion a driving instructor. Nature provides us with a built-in fantastic tool, in fact we have two of them….. eyes. 

Even the most died in the wool luddite must recognise the benefits a satnav can bring, but obviously we need to exercise judgement. I certainly wouldn’t be without one when touring in unfamiliar territory, particularly busy traffic areas where advance lane warnings and route directions allow you to concentrate on driving and not navigation - much safer and less stressful, saves fuel too.

I've had some more success with Mapfactor Navigator as suggested by peedee on a previous page using a second test route. This small test route is from Winterbourne Dauntsey near Salisbury to Firsdown also near Salisbury (in case anyone wants to try a test with their satnav). My TomTom (as well as Google Maps) directed me off the A338 down Old Malthouse Lane, an unclassified road, as a short cut. This road is probably ok in a car, but not towing a caravan, which was why I was asking about satnavs which allow unclassified roads to be avoided.

In Navigator's Route Setup, by setting the "Small Local Road" preference option to less than 50%, or completely off, it stayed on the main road which is very good. I will try another route next. 

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Ours seems to have?  She? Often tries to take me on some strange routes round this area that I know well

I only use my satnav when traveling to & around areas I’m not knowledgeable of.

I'm struggling a bit with Mapfactor but haven't given it a fair enough trial yet. It is definitely not so user friendly as Co-Pilot which could be my problem. Looking at my Co-Pilot they have sneaked in a mod obviously during one of their updates and you can now once again set up road preferences in 5 categories, strongly favour, favour, neutral, avoid and strongly avoid. Not quite so selective as Mapfactor but it does work and is possibly better than Mapfactor but of course it is not free and worse it is available by subscription only.

I cannot remember when I bought Co-Pilot, perhaps over 5 years ago when it was available for a flat fee. It has never let me down yet although I have the Truck version even though it is now called Co-Pilot GPS because I can set Hazmat settings!

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When on journies it will try to take  me on diversions ?from the route I have checked on a map  , so I tried it several times in this area and it does the same, and even when driving solo, not with it in towing mode

It is a Gamin that let's you put in vehicle sizes when solo and with caravan on the hook

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