Is there a way to set a preferred road?

 

Lately, when using the navigation on my 760, I end up saying "Nah, I don't want to go that way." fairly often.

I've messed around with the faster time/shortest distance settings and nothing ever changes. From my house, it's a straight shot down one road all the way to the major interstate freeway that I use a lot...however, my 760 always tries to get me to do a zigzag pattern on several roads to get to the freeway.

Here's a picture of what it will do: http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mapfq3.jpg

I don't know why it hates the road I want to take so much, but as I drive down it, my 760 is constantly recalculating, and then tries to get me to go down a different road. As you can see from the picture, my 760 *loves* Bangerter Hwy...it's always the 1st route chosen when going north or south. If I pass it, it will tell me to do a U-Turn and get on the Hwy!!! I don't mind going down Bangerter Hwy, the speed limit is 60, but there are signals on every major intersection, so using I-15 ends up being *much* faster.

Is there any way to set a preferred road to take whenever possible?

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preffered road

do a a viapoint along the road you prefer and then set it up as a route

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marnoldi Nuvi 680 & Nuvi 2797LMT

Hmmm?

marnoldi wrote:

do a a viapoint along the road you prefer and then set it up as a route

How do you do that?

Also, would I have to do that every time I try to navigate somewhere?

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Yes.

There's no way to set an automatic preferred road.

The newer units (8xx?) allow

The newer units (8xx?) allow you to set avoidance areas.

Road Advoidance

saxmaniac wrote:

The newer units (8xx?) allow you to set avoidance areas.

And road avoidance also

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Lame....

Thanks guys.

Since my 760 is my music source, I guess I'll just have to start the navigation while sitting at the red light, waiting to turn on to the freeway.

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If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.