Tap the car in the top right-hand corner of the Driving View to show the traffic sidebar.
The traffic sidebar shows all the major traffic incidents as they occur on your route. Glowing dots show where the incidents are located on the route.
The car at the top of the traffic sidebar shows the total delay caused by traffic incidents on your route.
The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic incidents in the order they occur on your route.
The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location.
Scroll the traffic sidebar up and down using your finger to see all the traffic incidents on your route.
As the traffic sidebar scrolls, it stops moving when it reaches the next incident.
To improve visibility on the traffic sidebar, some minor incidents may not be shown.
The total delay caused by traffic incidents on your route is shown using different coloured cars at the top of the traffic sidebar.
There is no delay on your route.
Less than 15 minutes delay on your route.
More than 15 minutes delay on your route.
Traffic service updating.
No route planned, traffic is up to date.
No subscription to TomTom Traffic.
Traffic service is unavailable.
Getting more information about an incident
When a traffic incident is shown on the map, the starting point of the incident is indicated with a traffic symbol.
As you scroll the traffic sidebar up and down, the panel above the status bar shows more information about each incident. This includes the type of incident, such as road works, and the delay caused by this incident.
Tap the panel to view more information about the incident.
Tap the up and down arrow buttons to view separate incidents in the order they occur on your route.
Tap Minimise Delays to check whether you can save time by using an alternative route.
Taking the fastest route
The TomTom app constantly looks for changes in the traffic on your route and checks if there is a faster route to your destination. If a faster route is found, you are asked if you want to use the faster route.
To check if you are using the fastest route, do the following:
Tap the screen to open the Main menu.
Tap Route Options.
Tap Minimise Delays.
Tip: This button is only available if you have a subscription to TomTom Traffic.
If a faster route is found you are asked if you want to use the new route.
