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! Green: average speed in this area is faster
than 45mph (72km/h) (An icon without a
line will be displayed)
Setting an alternative route to
avoid traffic congestion
The navigation system checks at regular inter-
vals whether or not there is the traffic informa-
tion on your route. If the navigation system
detects any traffic congestion on your current
route, the system tries to find a better route in
the background.
p The following types of traffic incidents on
the route will be checked: slow, back ups,
stationary traffic, and closed/blocked roads
except for closed freeway exits/entrances.
Checking for traffic congestion
automatically
If there is information about traffic congestion
on your current route and if an alternative
route can be found, the navigation system will
recommend a new alternative route automati-
cally. In such a case, the following screen will
appear.
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1 Difference in distanceand travel time between
the existing route and new route.
2 Distance from the current position of your ve-
hicle to the point of entr y intothe new route.
p There is no action if the system cannot find
any traffic congestion information on your
route or the system cannot find an alterna-
tive.
1 Touch [New].
The recommended route is displayed on the
screen.
# Touch[Current].
The current route is displayed on the screen.
2 Touch [OK].
The displayed route is set.
p When no selection is made, the screen re-
turns to the previous screen.
Checking traffic information manually
Touching the notification icon on the map
screen allows you to check traffic information
on your route while the icon is displayed. The
notification icon is only displayed on the navi-
gation map screen if there is any traffic infor-
mation on your route.
p The notification icon is not available if your
vehicle deviates from the route.
1 Set [Show Traffic Incident] to “View”.
= For details, refer to Displaying the traffic no-
tification icon on page 155.
2 Display the map screen.
The icon appears when the system acquires
traffic information on the current route.
3 Touch the icon while the icon is dis-
played.
Notification icon
Traffic information on the current route is dis-
played on the map screen.
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