routes

[gamma3116]

Hello everyone I would like to know how to change a route that Good Sams trip planner has me going? I'am heading South on I=5 from the bay area in Calif. heading to Oceanside calif. The planner has me going throught L.A and I don't want to go that way to much traffic. My route would be I-5 to I-210 to I-15 to Hwy 76 that takes me into Oceanside. Thanks for any help I can get. P.S. I'am pulling a 5th wheel 39ft long.

[gamma3116]

I want to thank all of you who answer my question.

[kandkbrand]

you can just drag the road that the planner has selected for you over to the road you want to take, and the planner will make the changes

[F-TROUP]

Just take I5 you can't get away from traffic let alone get around LA, stay off the 405.

[2gypsies1]

We've been seeing more and more signs stating "do not follow your GPS"... and we don't.

[Bumpyroad]

Tyler0215 wrote:
Why do you need a trip planner if you know the routes you want to take?

that question is sort of like, since I know start and finish points, why use a trip planner. :s

I use my planner by inserting start and end, then insert waypoints for many reasons. one if the planner doesn't hit a place I want to see, such as Wall Drugs (that is sarcasm) and then enough points along the way to show me mileage and I can spot what is around the distance I want to travel each day. more some days, less for others depending on sightseeing, etc. also which bypass to take at some cities.
and if the route shows roads/areas/cities/etc. I want to avoid,I poke in a waypoint at a different location to force the trip planner to alter it's course.
to blindly follow what a GPS tells you is foolish. once when I had a long stretch down I-85 my gps had me exiting I-85 and going for 20 miles, then taking a left back to I-85. never did understand why that happened.
also traffic patterns change, such as the exit to 17 from 15 at Opal, VA, where in fact they had a sign saying to "not follow GPS directions".
bumpy

[one_strange_tex]

Tyler0215 wrote:
Why do you need a trip planner if you know the routes you want to take?

I don't know about the OP, but I use them in conjunction with my GPS to alert me to the proximity of and details about the key turns. Not so easy to figure out at ground level when towing a rig in traffic if you are unfamiliar with the route. Also to plan fuel stops, etc.

[Tyler0215]

Why do you need a trip planner if you know the routes you want to take?

[Bumpyroad]

in my other planners I just insert a waypoint or more into the trip on the road I want it to use.
bumpy