Anyone know what is included in "Basic" and "Most" Traffic Alerts?

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Anyone know what is included in "Basic" and "Most" Traffic Alerts?

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I have just found Settings > Traffic > Traffic Alerts. In there are the options "Off", "Basic", and "Most". I can not find what the difference is between "Basic" and "Most". Anyone know?

Edit: I am asking because I am still searching for something that will disable the double-ding alerts. I believe they are triggered by school zones. I had the Traffic Alerts setting set to "Basic" with is defined in the XT as "Severe traffic alerts only". I am wondering if this includes school zones. I hate to set it to off if it doesn't because the alerts about upcoming delays have been somewhat valuable.
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Re: Anyone know what is included in "Basic" and "Most" Traffic Alerts?

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No. The Uk setting shows Basic as only severe traffic. Most shows minor and severe disruptions.

But that doesn't help much. Since it shows the time delay up ahead, I have mine showing Most, but don't let it recalculate.
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Re: Anyone know what is included in "Basic" and "Most" Traffic Alerts?

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Not sure there is any, at least with the last software update.

After disabling something like 30 traffic notifications in 5 miles, I first switched to "most" and then disabled the alerts, but my screen keeps getting overridden by the traffic alert panel.
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