Just tested some routing-options on my etrex legend HCx and see that it won’t avoid unpaved roads. I use this in the profile of an “emergency” vehicle.
The car I drive can’t handle dirt-roads. So I wouldn’t like to be routed to them
Yes, I can use the profile meant for emergency vehicles.
The roads are tagged “type=track” and “tracktype=grade4” and the garmin does see it as “unpaved road”…
Bug on Garmins part?
Not necessarily, it could be that you’d need a 4x4 on tracks in wet or mountainous areas, but there’s a nature reserve nearby which has many tracks that could be easily navigated with a normal road-going car even if the track is overgrown with grass and no surface hardener is added. You’re not allowed to, but that’s a different story…