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 Danger zones
This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.
 Accident hotspots
This type of warning is given for a place where road traffic accidents have historically been
concentrated.
 Risk zones
 This type of warning is only given in France where you are only warned about danger zones.
 Traffic jams
Traffic jam warnings in the route bar are part of TomTom Traffic. You can choose never to be
warned or to be warned when approaching a jam too quickly.
 When speeding
This warning is given as soon as you exceed the speed limit by more than 5km/h or 3 mph. When
you are speeding, the speed panel also turns red in the guidance view.
Read aloud traffic warnings
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Sounds & Warnings.
Switch on Read aloud traffic warnings to hear spoken warnings about traffic on your route.
Units
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Language & Units.
On this screen, you can change the following settings:
 Distance
Select this setting to choose the units used on your device for features such as route planning. If
you want the units to be set by the GPS, select Automatic.
Run in background
Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Run in Background.
Select Run app in the background to put the app in the background but still receive spoken
instructions when driving a planned route.
Important: You will still use your free miles or kilometers when the app is running in the
background.