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Finding alternative routes
Find ing alte rn ative ro ute s
Once yo u have p lanne d a ro ute , yo u m ay want to change s o m e thing ab o ut the
ro ute , witho ut changing yo ur d e s tinatio n.
Why change the route?
Mayb e fo r o ne o f the s e re as o ns :
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Yo u can s e e a ro ad b lo ck o r a line o f traffic ahe ad .
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Yo u want to trave l via a p articular lo catio n, to p ick s o m e o ne up , s to p fo r
lunch o r fill up with p e tro l.
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Yo u want to avo id a d ifficult j u nctio n o r a ro ad yo u d o n't like .
Tap this b utto n in the Main Me nu to change the curre ntly p lanne d ro ute .
Change route
Tap this b utto n if yo u can s e e a ro ad b lo ck o r a line o f traffic ahe ad . Yo u the n
have to cho o s e ho w m uch o f the ro ute ahe ad yo u want to avo id .
Cho o s e fro m the d iffe re nt o p tio ns. Yo ur S tart will re calculate yo ur ro ute
Avoid
avo id ing the s e ctio n o f the ro ute fo r the d is tance yo u s e le cte d .
roadblock
Do n't fo rge t that o nce a ne w ro ute is calculate d , yo u m ay have to turn o ff
the ro ad yo u are o n ve ry s o o n.
If the ro ad b lo ck s ud d e nly cle ars , tap Recalculate original to re turn to yo ur
o riginal ro ute .
Tap this b utto n to calculate an alte rnative to the ro ute alre ad y p lanne d .
Yo ur S tart will lo o k fo r ano the r ro ute fro m yo ur curre nt lo catio n to yo ur
d e stinatio n.
Calculate
alternative
If yo u d e cid e yo u wo uld p re fe r to us e the o riginal ro ute afte r all, tap Recal-
culate original .
Why w ould I need to do this?
Ap art fro m the ro ad s ne ar yo ur p o s itio n and ne ar yo ur d e s tinatio n, the ne w
ro ute will us e to tally d iffe re nt ro ad s to re ach yo ur d e s tinatio n. This is an
e as y way o f calculating a to tally d iffe re nt ro ute .
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