Traffic In Your Area; Traffic On Your Road; Traffic On Your Route; Traffic Subscriptions - Garmin Navigation Portable Plus Owner's Manual

Traffic In Your Area

Traffic In Your Area
Touch Tools > Traffic to display traffic incidents
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View by road
in your area. Touch
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incidents on each road in the area. If there is
traffic on your route, touch On My Route to
view details.

Traffic on Your Road

When you are not navigating a route and there
is traffic on your road, the Map page displays a
traffic icon, such as or
to view information about the traffic delay.
TiP: The locale you selected at initial
startup determines which type of traffic
icons are used: diamond-shaped icons
( ) for the United States, triangular
icons ( ) for Europe.
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Traffic on Your Route

When calculating your route, the nüvi examines
the current traffic and automatically optimizes
to see the
the route for the shortest time. You might
still be routed through traffic if no alternative
roads exist. If a severe traffic delay occurs on
your route while you are navigating, the nüvi
automatically recalculates the route.
The Map page displays
is traffic on your route. The number in the
icon represents the number of minutes the
. Touch the icon
traffic has added to your route, which has been
automatically calculated into the arrival time
shown on the map.
To avoid traffic on your route:
1. On the Map page, touch
2. Touch
3. Touch Avoid.

Traffic Subscriptions

See page 23 for information about adding a
traffic subscription. For more information about
traffic subscriptions, go to
www.garmin.com/fmtraffic.
or when there
or .
to view traffic delays.

Traffic Icons

North
Meaning International
American
Road Condition
Road
Construction
Road Closed
Slow Traffic
Accident
Incident
Travel
Information

Severity Color Code

Green = Low severity; traffic is flowing
normally.
Yellow = Medium severity; traffic is a bit
congested.
Red = High severity; traffic is heavily
congested or stopped.
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