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To see if there is a quicker way home, you could now tap the
Find alternative
button and then tap
Minimise traffic delays
.
Tip:
You can let your device automatically look for alternative routes by
selecting
Automatically minimise delays after every traffic update
in your
Traffic preferences.
Note
: It is possible that the alternative route could be longer than your original
one (even with its delays). If this is the case, you could always try using the
Find alternative
button again.
Checking traffic incidents in your area
Get an overview of the traffic situation in your area, using the map. To find
local incidents and their details, do the following:
Traffic incidents
Traffic incidents are displayed both on the Driving View and also on the Traffic
sidebar as small symbols. There are two type of symbols:
• Symbols shown in a red square are incidents that Traffic can help you avoid.
• Symbols shown in a red rectangle are weather related, because of their
nature, you cannot use Traffic to avoid them.
Browse map
1. Tap the TomTom
Traffic
button in the Main Menu on your device.
2. Tap
Browse map
.
The map browser screen is shown.
3. Tap the blue compass image in the top right of the screen.
The map centres itself on you current location, and any traffic incidents in
the area are shown as small symbols.
4. Tap on any traffic incident to get more information.
A second screen is shown that gives you detailed information about the
incident you chose. To display information about surrounding incidents
use the left and right arrows at the bottom of this second screen.