Trail Guide ™ Owner’s Manual ENbasIc operatIon > plannInG and modIfyInG routesAvoiding Roads and AreasYou can avoid areas and certain road types on your route. Forexample, if an area of roads is usually highly congested, you canadd that area to your Avoid List.To add an avoidance to your route:1. Press and hold MENU to open the Route Options menu.2. Highlight Avoidances, and press OK.3. Highlight the maneuver or road type you want to avoid, andpress OK. The Trail Guide avoids all roads types that havea check mark in the Avoid… box.Avoidances PageTo avoid a road:1. Press and hold MENU to open the Route Options menu.2. Highlight Avoidances, and press OK.3. Highlight the Add… button, and press OK.4. Highlight Road Avoidance, and press OK to select a streetto avoid on your routes. A map appears, enabling you tomark a start point on a road.5. Use the Rocker key to move the map pointer to thebeginning point of the road you want to avoid, and pressOK. A blue push pin marks the start point.6. Use the Rocker key to move the map pointer to the end ofthe road you want to avoid, and press OK.7. A map of the avoided road appears. Press OK.The Avoidances page, shown to the left, lists the avoided road witha default name (the street names).