TomTom GO 730 1CH7.021.00 User Manual

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IQ Routes™ technology
TomTom IQ routes™ puts the driving experience of millions of TomTom users into your maps, 
calculating your route based on actual speeds driven on roads compared to speed limits.
We all know that we drive a different way on a Monday morning to the other side of town than we do on a 
Sunday afternoon. The fastest route may differ by the time or day of the week. This is especially true when 
driving through a city centre or other urban areas – anything from traffi c lights to shopping crowds have an 
effect on your trip. Obstructions like these make you drive more slowly than the maximum speed limit legally 
allowed on those roads.
TomTom IQ Routes takes away the guesswork, giving you handy ‘shortcuts’ by allowing for these hold ups. It 
takes account of all types of ‘fi xed’ delay in its route calculation, including roundabouts, speed bumps, railway 
crossings, steep slopes and sharp bends in mountains. It also allows for more unpredictable delays, like 
shopping crowds and children leaving school.
Let’s take an example:
The standard shortest route from London City Airport to Paddington at a relatively quiet time, and with few 
hold-ups, should take 20 minutes, driving 9.5 kilometres.
However, that same shortest route will typically take 29 minutes during a busier period. And this is reality 
most of the time.