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 checkmark beside them will be avoided whenever possible.

A Detailed Video Tutorial Discussing Route Settings is Available Below:

To Locate the Avoidance Menu:

1. Touch Tools
   • Skip this step on some devices
2. Touch Settings 
   • Skip this step on some devices
3. Touch Navigation 
4. Touch Avoidances
   • Touch Enabled for some devices
5. Touch the desired Avoidance to enable it
6. Touch Save or OK

Repeat the steps above to disable the checked Avoidance.

Available Avoidances:

• U-Turns – Avoids calculating routes that require a U-turn 

• Highways or Motorways – Avoids highways, interstates, freeways, motorways, and other major routes 

• Toll Roads or Tolls and Fees – Avoids toll roads and certain specified congestion zones 

• Traffic – Avoids traffic if a quicker route is available
  • Requires a Traffic Receiver and subscription (not available on all models)
  • 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 – Avoids routes that require 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 – avoids unpaved roads (gravel, dirt, etc.)

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.