Now all I have to do is press a symbol, and it tells me what the problem is so I can make a decision whether to use the road or make a detour.

Get from A to B with our route planner, complete with real-time updates to help you avoid traffic jams, roadworks, and toll roads. You can find all the useful RAC services you need at your fingertips: Fuel Finder: what is it? How can it help you save money?

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Experian Catalist collects fuel prices for all main fuel types from just about every petrol station across the UK, and updates prices the following day. Just tell us the date, time and route of your journey and we’ll estimate how long it will take – taking into consideration planned roadworks and events. The RAC is always looking for new ways to help you plan your journey. Our new maps feature adds to the functionality of the route planner to help find hotels, garages and car dealerships by location.The RAC map also enables you to display weather information for the UK so you can plan your journey based on the driving conditions. Our location-based street map functionality adds to our existing route finder service, which provides directions for your journey across both the UK and the rest of Europe. Using the route planner, you can view individual driving maps for cities throughout the UK, and for those longer road trips taking you further afield, you can find city maps for destinations across Europe. The RAC gentleman who attended my call was a wonderful, kind and considerate gentleman. I followed him down the bank to a local garage that I’d not realised was there, where the RAC gentleman posted my car key through the garage letterbox, having written my details on the envelope in which he’d placed my key.

Added: very helpful response from developer, below, thank you for noting this and responding, most impressed. The route finder service provides maps and driving directions for the UK, Europe and beyond, as well as giving you the opportunity to find hotels wherever you're going in the UK. You can also generate directions that are fully integrated with customisable real-time traffic updates and our fuel cost calculator using the advanced options in the main Route Planner section. The functionality provides specific city driving maps for London and European route directions for longer trips abroad. After a few years of this app just showing maps with red lines on hold ups or whatever, and symbols with no worded information making the app pretty much useless.........someone has listened to the comments from users and made it a bit more like the old RAC driver assist app. Get from A to B with our route planner, complete with real-time updates to help you avoid traffic jams, roadworks and toll roads. Latest news and advice Stay up to date with the latest driving news and read our extensive range of guides that make vehicle ownership easier for all. How do I register a myRAC account?We use data from Experian Catalist to help you find the cheapest fuel near you (or any location you want to search). You can now report your breakdown via the app, and we’ll immediately start finding one of our expert, local patrols to help you. Additionally, using our dedicated live traffic news feature, you can take your planning to the next level, mapping our live traffic updates directly onto your route, so that you can be aware of any potential issues you might face, and consider alternative routes or times for travel. Prices are updated at around 8:00am, every day of the year — including weekends and bank holidays. Report your breakdown online