Traffic In Your Area; Traffic On Your Road; Traffic On Your Route - Garmin Nuvi 850 Owner's Manual

Using FM Traffic

Traffic in Your Area

Touch Tools > Traffic
incidents in your area. Touch
road to see the incidents on each road in
the area. If there is traffic on your route,
touch On My route

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 . Touch the icon 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 North America, and
triangular icons (
0
to display traffic
View by
to view details.
) for Europe.

Traffic on Your Route

When calculating your route, the
nüvi examines the current traffic and
automatically optimizes 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
there is traffic on your route. The number
in the icon represents the number of
minutes the 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 to view traffic delays.
3. Touch Avoid.
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