Please calculate number of traffic lights along the route
Good day,
I would like to recommend the following features for future upgrade:
A) the GPS calculates the number of traffic lights the user would encounter along the route.
B) let the user have the option to self determine the time traffic light and traffic incident would costs him.
This would greatly helps in calculating the fastest time. For example, routing using shortest distance is usually right. But due to the encounter of traffic lights and incidents along the route. The shortest distance is not the fastest time. All of us know this fact.
But many times, the fastest time is not the fastest time as the traffic lights encounter along the way are numerous but the GPS only estimate the small road vs expressway instead of individual traffic lights. Each traffic light encounter would costs 30 sec to a minute. Some route have 10 traffic lights vs 3 for another route but both are small road thus the GPS doesn't estimate correctly. And this is frequently the cause of frustrations of many drivers.
All the brands of GPS have this issue of calculating the fastest route cos none of them determine number of traffic lights along the route. They only estimate longer time for small route vs expressway. The reason may be that this issue is not important for big countries like Malaysia. But it is extremely important for cities like Singapore where traffic lights are numerous.
The 4 main factors of traffic speed to determine ETA are:
1) Distance
2) Speed limit along the route (Expressway vs Small road)
3) Number of traffic lights along the way
4) Traffic incidents along the way.
Traditional GPS calculate 1) Distance and 2) Speed limit. Recent high tech GPS includes 4) Traffic incidents. But so far, none look at 3) Number of traffic lights which is as important as 4) Traffic incidents and should be easier to include as it is fixed on the map. But on top of that 3) & 4) should have a time option to be set by users themselves as each individual have different tolerance for traffic lights and traffic incidents.
If the above I've mention is included in the feature, I'm very sure your GPS will stand head and shoulders above the rest as it routing technology would be top notch.
Mark Chew
Great thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Jordan Charles commented
Ability to push a button saying you can either go a certain direction (like straight/right/left) because the light is green that way vs the current direction it is routing you and you’ll have a red light for a few minutes.
Not super revolutionary but it’s a small thing that could be cool or neat
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Ben Howe commented
When a stop light takes more that two light cycles to clear Waze is currently still sending me through them. If the area is local and I know alternative routes I disregard Waze and bypass these lights. Waze should be doing this instead of me. Please up date the system to notice if cars are waiting at lights for more than 2 min. Indicating that it is necessary to wait more than a single cycle to clear the light and have the system redirect. Usually the light can be avoided before arriving at the light saving time and gas. As it is now I must first get to the problem light and than take an alternative route which wastes the time waiting for the light to change so I can move enough to take an alternative route.
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Jirka Bureš commented
Why do it? Waze collects times on segments.
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Oskars commented
Add traffic lights in route calculation! No body have. Each traffic light eats 30 - 50 sek. of road time.Faster route is less traffic lights. Even longer. I calculated route in 1million city by traffic lights and traffic light green road. Even in difference of 3-4 traffic lights I get faster to point of destination in 5-10 minutes by longer route of 3-5 km. Earlier I crossed city by Night on Waze offered faster and shortest route. I lost destination time of arrival with each traffic light 40 sek. Overall was 20 traffic lights. I stopped on all of them. On longer and faster route there would be 6 traffic lights. If you wish to be in Navigation offered time of arrival I should overtake speed limits.