TomTom PRO 8000 Reference Guide - Page 94

Taking the fastest route, Traffic settings, Options, Minimise delays

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The top of the traffic sidebar represents your destination and shows the total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route. The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic incidents in the order they occur on your route. The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location and shows the distance to the next incident on your route. To make the traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will always be of minor importance and only cause short delays. The colour of the pointers, as shown below, gives you an instant indication of the type of incident: Unknown or undetermined situation. Slow traffic. Queueing traffic. Stationary traffic or road closure. Taking the fastest route Your PRO device regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situation changes and a faster route is found, your device offers to replan your journey so you can use the faster route. You can also set your device to automatically replan your journey whenever a faster route is found. To apply this setting, tap Traffic settings in the Traffic menu. To manually find and replan the fastest route to your destination, do the following: 1. Tap the traffic sidebar. Tip: If you find that tapping the sidebar opens the Main menu instead of the traffic menu, try tapping the sidebar with your finger resting on the edge of the screen. A summary of traffic on your route is shown. 2. Tap Options. 3. Tap Minimise delays. Your device searches for the fastest route to your destination. 94

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The top of the traffic sidebar represents your destination and shows the
total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route.
The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic incidents
in the order they occur on your route.
The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location and
shows the distance to the next incident on your route.
To make the traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will
always be of minor importance and only cause short delays.
The colour of the pointers, as shown below, gives you an instant indication of the type of incident:
Unknown or undetermined situation.
Slow traffic.
Queueing traffic.
Stationary traffic or road closure.
Taking the fastest route
Your PRO device regularly looks for a faster route to your destination. If the traffic situation chang-
es and a faster route is found, your device offers to replan your journey so you can use the faster
route.
You can also set your device to automatically replan your journey whenever a faster route is
found. To apply this setting, tap
Traffic settings
in the Traffic menu.
To manually find and replan the fastest route to your destination, do the following:
1.
Tap the traffic sidebar.
Tip
: If you find that tapping the sidebar opens the Main menu instead of the traffic menu, try
tapping the sidebar with your finger resting on the edge of the screen.
A summary of traffic on your route is shown.
2.
Tap
Options
.
3.
Tap
Minimise delays
.
Your device searches for the fastest route to your destination.