Disappointed with Garmin traffic reports on 1490LMT

If traveling a route it warns you of traffic along the route. If I am not on a route, it warns me of traffic in the area.

One caveat is that "traffic" is a misnomer. The warnings are worthless as everyone states. There is no accuracy at all. I ignore it while at the same time get a good laugh. I will say it is accurate about warning me about the 1 second backup at the thruway entrance though. LOL

I'm Hot and Cold about the traffic on our 660, too.

It's Paid For (Lifetime) so it's less of an issue than if I was paying yearly....

Probably if it was something that needed to be paid, I probably would let it lapse....

Map upgrades have been a positive thing..... But not so for Traffic... Agree with others it isn't timely enough, and only hits the "Big" things.

The only saving grace was the Lifetime Traffic was on sale at the time we bought it... And it's long paid for!!!

Just a gimmick to get more money from you (more expensive unit) and probably Garmin is getting something from the ads diplayed because of the traffic feature!!!

Traffic on Nuvi 660 is ad-less

I have traffic avoidance checked on my navigation options and today is the first day that my NUVI gave an alternate route due to traffic.

In NYC it is probably good 70 or 80% of the time. I jut got the 1490LTM at Crutchfield and I like it. I bought a 2012 Nissan Rogue with all the options including Navigation and I got to say it sucks big time (the Nav).

I'm glad I didn't get options just for nav, mostly for the other stuff ( heated seats moon roof, etc. ) in the package. The nav is truly a POS. I can't even type a name in like Sears or Target. The traffic on it is almost non-existant.

Came up from Delaware and Garmin showed me traffic on NJ turpike. When I turned on radio they said 10 mile backup due to big accident. Built in nav showed nada. Was able to get off and avoid thanks to Garmin traffic.

Cheers

The 2350LMT is always wrong with traffic, it's not usable. On the other hand, XM Traffic was dead on, but we only had it free for 3 mos.

Garmin traffic is what it is, and unfortunately, not much. You don't want to bet your commute on it.

I have the Garmin 3790LMT and GTM 35. I have both the free Navteq and paid-for Clear Channel traffic subscriptions. I noted that I have only yellow and red traffic flow indicators.
I am in Louisville, KY. I rarely might see green for roads that are otherwise typically red/yellow (to show is is better than normal). In all cases, the flow lines are narrow and very hard to read. The default theme is "orange roads", so I changed that to British Blue for better contrast.
[My old MSN Direct Traffic map showed all area highways and some secondary roads as green, yellow, and red. It also meant you knew where there was no coverage.]
This Navteq/Clear Channel method is clearly inferior, and I am disappointed.

There are no perfect system unless all cars are in a cloud system that share real time traffic information.

wow

The past 6 months the traffic (NYC area) has improved. More roads are covered and the information is more current.