Navigational Avoidances on 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.

To locate the Avoidance menu:

1. Touch Tools
2. Touch Settings
3. Touch Navigation
4. Touch Automobile or Car
5. Touch nuRoute
6. Touch Avoidances
7. 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 subscription¹
  

• Ferries – The Ferries avoidance will avoid taking you on a route that requires a ferry crossing 
  

• Carpool Lanes or Car Share Lanes – The Carpool or Car Share Lanes avoidance will avoid routing you on lanes designated specifically for carpooling 
  

• 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.

¹Disabling 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.