Van drivers who use either an Apple iPhone or Google Android phone can now make use of a free traffic information programme from the RAC.
The new mobile phone application – the RAC’s first shows the start and end points of congestion, overlayed onto Google Maps. It utilises up-to-the-minute traffic updates from Trafficlink, which provides real-time traffic information, and pinpoints your exact location – meaning an immediate view of regional traffic is easily at hand.
This level of detail gives the most precise and accurate view of live traffic conditions on the UK’s roads that is currently available on a mobile phone application, the RAC claims.
Text and audio summaries of traffic conditions are also available, and the app is free to download, at the iTunes App Store and Android Market.