Garmin Nuvi 5000 Owner's Manual

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nüvi 5000 Owner’s ManualUsing FM TrafficTraffic In Your AreaTouch tools > Traffic to display trafficincidents in your area. Touch View byroad to see the incidents on each roadin the area.Traffic on Your RoadWhen you are not navigating a routeand there is traffic on your road, theMap page displays a traffic icon, suchas or . Touch the icon to viewinformation about the traffic delay.tip: The locale you selected at initialstartup determines which type oftraffic icon is used: diamond-shapedicons ( ) for North America,triangular icons( ) for Europe.Traffic on Your RouteWhen calculating your route, thenüvi examines the current traffic andautomatically optimizes the route for theshortest time. You might still be routedthrough traffic if no alternative roadsexist. If a severe traffic delay occurs onyour route while you are navigating, thenüvi automatically recalculates the route.The Map page displays or whenthere is traffic on your route. The numberin the icon represents the number ofminutes the traffic has added to yourroute, which has been automaticallycalculated into the arrival time shown onthe map.To avoid traffic on your route:1. On the Map page, touch .2. Touch the text bar for moreinformation. If there is more than onedelay, touch Details.3. Touch Avoid to avoid this delay.