What does the TomTom WORK TRUCK Navigation product do?
TomTom WORK TRUCK Navigation calculates routes optimised for trucks and other heavy commercial vehicles. This new technology consists of two components: a new routing algorithm and a map including truck attributes, such as clearance heights and weight restrictions. The new routing algorithm takes into account specific challenge that truck drivers face. For instance in most cases it will avoid small town roads & narrow residential areas, narrow streets and sharp turns when calculating a route for a truck driver. Additionally, it will take the maximum speeds some trucks are not allowed to exceed when calculating a route and arrival time for a route. For countries where the truck attributes are included in the map, the routing is even more sophisticated. When selecting the truck profile the user is asked to enter the dimensions of his vehicle (weight, weight per axle, length, width, limit & max speed). This information is then matched with the data available in the map, such as the height
