Traffic Delay Icon

That is how it works on my nuvi 760 and I would think it was the same for other models.

It's the same for the 660 as well.

with the traffic icon on the 765, has anyone noticed if garmin added a construction color to the roads?

So the little traffic icon on the top left corner is pretty useless? I'm thinking so cause I'm sitting in a 40 minute traffic delay in Chicago and the little Icon is parked at something like 2 or 3.

Not to mention Chicago has all sorts of traffic updates on line and on the radio so I know the info is out there.

Traffic annoys me also on my 1490T. In the avoidance settings I say to not avoid traffic and when traffic comes up my 1490T still says re-routing.

I have a 1250t and have also traffic unchecked in the avoidance setting. It still says re-routing, but the route doesn't change. It stays the same as before "re-routing".

Thought I would bring this up again.. Is there anyone using the traffic delays that feel they are accurate or worth a darn. I pretty regularly sit in 30 or 40 minute delays and my little icon on the top left corner of my screen will always show something like 5 or 6 min.

Anyone have better luck with other models?

this is a major metropolitan area with a lot of traffic info on-line and the radio So the info is there!

I rarely get to use my traffic unless I drive to Phoenix or Tucson, but my nuvi ClearChannel traffic did a big-time saving reroute for me once in PHX.

It's not the model of GPS as it is the choice of ClearChannel or Navteq traffic subscription that relates to the effectiveness of traffic with GPS units--plus the specific city you're in.

I never had it on my 650 and now on a 1350 the company bought us I have it. I just chuckle because it is always wrong. I have been sitting in traffic and it shows green to go. I have seen 10 minute delays and I sail on through. It gives me a 2 minute delay at a thruway entrance and it is clear. It is so undependable.
The real kicker is that the company gave us these so that we would spend less time in traffic and therefore get to our accounts faster.

Some cities are better than others at publishing traffic data. ie: DFW is pretty good, but Indianapolis is awful.

Good question though, I always wondered about that too.

The inaccuracy is mostly a timing thing. It takes time for the information on the delay to reach the company putting it out over FM for the Garmin to see. So sometimes by the time the delay is shown on your nuvi, it has already cleared up. Other times you could get to a delay before it shows up on the nuvi. Sometimes the delay used to be 10 minutes but is more or less by the time you get there.

I have had instances where there was a delay and I saw it on the nuvi before I got there. Each time the nuvi said just riding it out was the best option - no detour would save time.

MSN seems to give more "congested" warnings than the FM system on my other antenna.

I don't think the traffic is useless but it is certainly only occasionally useful from the standpoint of getting you there quicker. More typically it might just give you advance warning of something coming. I like having the warning.

Jim

I have the same issue on my 1350T and post this a while back.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/28547

I tried to contact Garmin through email supports and they seem to be clueless on what the issue is. I've been going around in circle trying to explain to them the issue. I gave up on them.

I had the traffic come up red and was able to get to the screen and go through the various selections to find out where the traffic was - when I clicked avoid it came back and told me that the current route with the traffic was faster than any alternative - not sure if that is a good or bad thing. Perhaps this should come up automatically if avoid traffic is checked - tell you that re-routing will not be a faster route.