Do the red light alerts pop up only when you plan a route?

 

Do the red light alerts only pop up when you are driving a route?

I would like it if they poopped up even if you didnt have a route and are just using the map function (ie you did not program a destination to go to and are just driving around anyway).

red light alerts

they will pop up if there is no route planned .

Depending on model,

Depending on model, they will pop up if you turn GPS off and let the unit simulate driving the route.

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