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Then select one of the following options:
Tap this button to re-plan your route based on the latest traffic
information.
This button is only available if you have a subscription to TomTom
Minimise Delays
Traffic.
Tap this button to calculate an alternative to the current route.
The TomTom app looks for another route from your current location
to your destination.
Calculate
Alternative
If you decide you would prefer to use the original route after all, tap
Recalculate Original.
Apart from the roads near your position and near your destination,
the new route uses totally different roads to reach your destination.
This is an easy way of calculating a totally different route.
Tap this button to return to the original route. This ignores any
previous instructions you have given to avoid roadblocks or travel
via a particular location.
Recalculate
Original
Tap this button if you can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
You then have to choose how much of the route ahead you want to
avoid.
Avoid
Choose from the different options available. The TomTom app
Roadblock
recalculates your route avoiding the section of the route for the
distance you selected.
Don't forget that once a new route is calculated, you may have to
turn off the road you are on very soon.
If the roadblock suddenly clears, tap Recalculate Original to return
to your original route.
Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular
location, perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this,
a marker is shown on the map for the location you choose to travel
via.
Travel Via...
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you
choose a destination. This means you can select from all the same
options that are offered when you choose a destination, for example,
Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on Map.
The TomTom app will calculate a new route to your destination that
passes the location you chose. Unlike your final destination, the
TomTom app does not inform you when you pass by this location.
Tap this button to avoid a part of the route. Use this button if you see
that your route includes a road or junction you don't like, or which is
well-known for traffic problems.
Avoid Part of
You then choose the road you want to avoid from a list of the roads
Route
on your route.
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