Customers simply call the Traffic Assist® local number and use a touch tone phone to interact with the TA computer. The computer voice asks for trip origination and destination. The current method of inputting trip origination and destination is using a special map provided by TA that includes over 4,000 locations identified by number and recognized by the TA computer. Alternatively, callers can choose to enter locations by spelling the name of a designated Point of Interest or by spelling the name of the city they are in and the name/number of the freeway they are on. Once this information is obtained, the TA computer takes 2/10 of a second to calculate all possible routes to determine LTR. The TA computer then recites the LTR as well as estimated time and distance for the driver. The computer will also ask for a callback number (or capture Caller ID) so that it can call the customer back during the trip if conditions such that a new revised route will save time versus the original route. Also, if the driver forgets the directions s/he simply calls the TA number and keys in their call back number (this will be automatic with Caller ID) and the TA computer recalculates a new LTR for the remainder of that trip and then recites the updated LTR complete with remaining time and distance.
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