What is this?

[lkraus]

Out riding today, no particular destination, so not following a route or track. XT was on, mainly for music and school zone warnings. Everything worked normally until I went through a small town and this orange bar popped up on the screen. It stayed in place for several miles, but the distance stayed the same at 0.5 mi and I finally stopped to see what it was all about. When I touched it, the bar scrolled up and disappeared, never came back. I do not remember ever seeing this before and I have no idea what it was telling me. Any ideas?

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[Iris]

Looks like there’s a 1/2 mile of congestion up ahead.

[lkraus]

If those two cars are indicating congestion, it was an error. It popped up as I entered a small town without much traffic. One traffic light, two roundabouts and one mile later I was back in a rural area with no one ahead of or behind me. The orange bar remained in place for 13 miles until I touched it, and the 0.5 mile indication never changed.

[danham]

I've seen this and worse and my theory is it may be based on faulty traffic info. Other warnings that pop up in that same banner include a road closed (when it isn't) and a warning that I'm going the wrong way on a one-way road.

Here is some detail on the phantom road closure that really threw me for a loop...

https://www.zumouserforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3094

-dan

[raesewell]

There is a time lag in traffic information, there may have been a jam and it had cleared before you got there.

[lkraus]

There is a time lag in traffic information, there may have been a jam and it had cleared before you got there.

I would still expect the displayed distance to the jam to change as I moved, and not stay at 0.5 mi for 13 miles. And for the notification to disappear when the jam cleared.

[FrankB]

Decided long ago to disable traffic info completely, because the info is not accurate and it can make a complete mess of carefully created routes.

[electro_handyman]

I've came to the same conclusion on traffic data...
Last year on a trip to the east coast gps kept trying to send me on a 100 mile detour for a closed road, but yet traffic signage indicated local detours ahead, so obviously I followed the local signage and ignored the Garmin warnings.....

[epv]

I've seen this and worse and my theory is it may be based on faulty traffic info. Other warnings that pop up in that same banner include a road closed (when it isn't) and a warning that I'm going the wrong way on a one-way road.

Here is some detail on the phantom road closure that really threw me for a loop...

https://www.zumouserforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3094

-dan

I get the one-way road warnings constantly and it’s very annoying. Even when stationary!

[electro_handyman]

In my area, I seem to get warnings for being 'off road' in areas where the map is not up to date with new/moved roads......