BMW Navigation Portable Plus User Manual

Traffic In Your Area

Touch 

 to display traffic incidents 

in your area. Touch 

 to see the 

incidents on each road in the area. If there is 

traffic on your route, touch On My Route to 

view details.  

When you are not navigating a route and there 

is traffic on your road, the Map page displays a 

traffic icon, such as   or  . Touch the icon 

to view information about the traffic delay. 

  TiP: The locale you selected at initial 

startup determines which type of traffic 

icons are used: diamond-shaped icons  

( ) for the United States, triangular 

icons ( ) for Europe.

When calculating your route, the nüvi examines 

the current traffic and automatically optimizes 

the route for the shortest time. You might 

still be routed through traffic if no alternative 

roads exist. If a severe traffic delay occurs on 

your route while you are navigating, the nüvi 

automatically recalculates the route.
The Map page displays   or   when there 

is traffic on your route. The number in the 

icon represents the number of minutes the 

traffic has added to your route, which has been 

automatically calculated into the arrival time 

shown on the map. 

1.  On the Map page, touch   or  .
2.  Touch 

 to view traffic delays. 

3.  Touch Avoid.

See page 23 for information about adding a 

traffic subscription. For more information about 

traffic subscriptions, go to  

Road Condition

Road 

Construction

Road Closed

Slow Traffic

Accident

Incident

Travel 

Information

 Green = Low severity; traffic is flowing 

normally.

 Yellow = Medium severity; traffic is a bit 

congested.

 Red = High severity; traffic is heavily 

congested or stopped.