Approaching A Traffic Jam Warning; Avoiding A Traffic Jam On Your Route - TomTom GO User Manual

The symbol or number at the start of the incident shows the type of incident or the delay in minutes, for
example 4 minutes.
The color of the incident indicates the speed of traffic relative to the maximum allowed speed at that
location, with red being the slowest. The stripes on the traffic jam are also animated to show the speed
of the traffic, where appropriate.

Approaching a traffic jam warning

A warning is given as you approach a traffic jam. You are warned in several ways:
To change the way you are

Avoiding a traffic jam on your route

You can avoid a traffic jam that is on your route.
Note: Sometimes the quickest route is still the route that has the traffic jam.
Note: It may not be possible to find an alternative route around the traffic jam if none exists.
Avoiding a traffic jam using the route bar
1. In the route bar, select the symbol for the traffic jam you want to avoid.
The traffic jam is shown on the map.
Traffic speed is 0% to 20% of the allowed speed
Traffic speed is 20% to 40% of the allowed speed
Traffic speed is 40% to 100% of the allowed speed
Traffic speed is normal.
Road closed, no traffic.
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A warning symbol is shown in the route bar.
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The route bar zooms in to the start of the traffic jam.
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Your distance to the start of the traffic jam is shown in the route bar.
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The color of the road on the route bar changes to orange or red,
depending on the severity of the traffic jam.
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The background color of the route bar background changes to red if you
are driving too fast towards the traffic jam.
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You hear a warning sound.
warned, select Sounds & Warnings in the Settings
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menu.