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User Guide 06 PC*MILER Route Types
Toll Roads
If Avoid If Possible is checked, CoPilot will avoid long stretches of toll roads
but won’t take long, impractical detours to avoid toll bridges and tunnels.
Example: a trip from Boston, MA to Albany, NY avoids the Massachusetts
Turnpike, but a trip from Camden, NJ to Philadelphia, PA includes a toll bridge.
International Borders Open
If this option is checked, the calculated trip will ignore international boundaries
(Canada and Mexico) when necessary to generate the best route. If this option
is not checked, borders will never be crossed. For example, if all your stops are
in the United States, the route will stay in the U.S. even though the most
practical or shortest route would involve some Canadian mileage.
PC*MILER Hazmat Routing
CoPilot calculates routes for hazardous materials based on over thirty
different road categories. Hazmat route options include: General, Caustic,
Explosives, Flammable, Inhalants, and Radioactive. To calculate normal
(non-hazmat) PC*MILER routes, select None. The table in Appendix B on the
next two pages shows how each PC*MILER hazmat route type handles each
hazmat road category.
Heavy/Light Vehicle Routing (Override Restrictions)
In addition to the fi ve basic route types, the Heavy and Light Vehicle routing
option is also a critical setting. A “heavy vehicle” is one weighing at least
80,000 pounds; a “light vehicle” weighs less than 80,000 pounds.
When Override Restrictions is left unchecked, Heavy Vehicle routing will be in
effect, so both truck-prohibited and truck-restricted roads will always be
avoided. In addition, Heavy Vehicle routing takes nationwide 13’ 6” height
restrictions into account.
Checking Override Restrictions activates the Light Vehicle option. With Light
Vehicle routing active, truck-prohibited roads will always be avoided, but
truck-restricted roads are considered for a route. (Preference is normally given
to Interstates, major highways, and major thru-roads where possible.)
Safety Tip: Winter Roads
For winter roads in Manitoba and North West Territories, Canada, road
safety information for heavy vehicles using these roads can be found at:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/tgs/hwyinfo/winterroads/heavy_traffi c.html