Garmin nuvi 5000 Owner's Manual - Page 32

Using FM Traffic Traffic In Your Area Touch Tools > Traffic to display traffic incidents in your area. Touch View by Road to see the incidents on each road in the area. 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 icon is used: diamond-shaped icons ( ) for North America, triangular icons ( ) 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 or when 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 the text bar for more information. If there is more than one delay, touch Details. 3. Touch Avoid to avoid this delay. 26 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual