Avoiding A Blocked Road; Types Of Route; Route Features - TomTom Rider Reference Manual

Avoiding a blocked road

If there is a blocked road on your route you can change your route to avoid it.
1. In the guidance view, select the current location symbol or the speed panel.
Tip: The speed panel is only shown when you have started driving on your route.
2. Select Avoid Blocked Road.
A new route is found that avoids the blocked road. You may be shown up to two alternatives
depending on the road network between you and your destination.
The new route is shown on the map view with the difference in travel time in a balloon.
Note: It may not be possible to find an alternative route around the blocked road if none
exists.
3. Select the new route by selecting the time balloon.
4. Select Let's go.
Guidance to your destination resumes avoiding the blocked road. As soon as you start driving,
the guidance view is shown automatically.

Types of route

Select Change Route Type to change the type of route planned to your current destination. Your
route is recalculated using the new route type.
You can select the following types of route:
Fastest route - the fastest route to your destination. Your route is constantly checked taking
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into account the traffic conditions.
Shortest route - the shortest route to your destination. This may take much longer than the
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fastest route.
Most eco-friendly route - the most fuel-efficient route.
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Avoid interstate highways - this type of route avoids all highways.
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 Winding route - the route with the most turns.
 Walking Route - this type of route is optimized for walking.
Bicycle Route - this type of route is optimized for bicycles.
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You can set the default route type in the

Route features

You can choose to avoid some features that are on your currently planned route. You can avoid the
following route features:
Toll Roads
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 Ferries and car shuttle trains
 Carpool Lanes
Unpaved Roads
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Note: Carpool lanes are sometimes known as High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOV lanes) and are
not present in every country. To travel on these lanes, you may need to have more than one
person in the car, for example, or the car may need to use environmentally-friendly fuel.
If you choose to avoid a route feature, a new route is planned.
In Route Planning in the Settings Menu, you can set how each route feature is handled when a new
route is planned.
Settings Menu.
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