Navigational Avoidances on Garmin Automotive Devices

Garmin devices have an Avoidance menu where you can select various options that will adjust how your device routes you. Items with a check mark beside them will be avoided whenever possible.

A Detailed Video Tutorial Discussing Route Settings is Available Below.

To Locate the Avoidance Menu:

1. Touch Settings
2. Touch Navigation
3. Touch Automobile
4. Touch Avoidances
5. Touch the desired Avoidance to enable it

Repeat the steps above to disable the checked Avoidance.

Available Avoidances:

• U-Turns – The U-Turns avoidance will avoid taking you on a route that requires a U-turn 

• Highways or Motorways – The Highways or Motorways avoidance will avoid highways, interstates, freeways, motorways, and other major routes 

• Toll Roads or Tolls and Fees – The Toll Roads or Tolls and Fees avoidance will avoid toll roads and certain specified congestion zones 

• Traffic – The Traffic avoidance will route you around traffic problems if a quicker route is available, provided you are using a traffic receiver with an active traffic subscription
  
  • Disabling the traffic avoidance does not disable traffic alerts from appearing on the device; however, it will not take the reported traffic incident into account when calculating routes.
• Ferries – The Ferries avoidance will avoid taking you on a route that requires a ferry crossing 

• Carpool Lanes or Car Share Lanes – Avoids lanes designated specifically for carpooling sometimes referred to as High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes

• Unpaved Roads – The Unpaved Roads avoidance will avoid taking you on unpaved roads 

Note that devices will only avoid selected items when it is possible. For example, if you have U-Turns selected as an avoidance the device may still direct you to make a U-Turn if an alternate route is not available.