ambulance
What if the ambulance drivers was using Waze as well and I got a message or a siren on my waze as the ambulance approached the location where I was. I would know that there was an ambulance coming on my way and i could pull over in order to let it pass through.
I have no idea about Waze database, but I am sure it is not small. I believe it could be very helpfull to all parties: ambulance would reach hospital fasters; patients would not have the risk to be in traffice and get treatment faster; driver would no feel guilty for not letting the ambulance pass though; and the hospital doctor would be able to provide a faster response to the patient.
Great thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Mark Higgins commented
Also for tow trucks and flaggers
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DUVERNAY CPU commented
hi - 2 crucial alerts are missing on this app: 1st one is you have to add an emergency vehicle alert on the list - if there are fire trucks or ambulances for example on the side of the road like the police this would be helpful / 2nd one is to add an alert for utility maintenance trucks or emergency utility working vehicles on the side of the road - this alert would be crucial / Also an optional feature to add alerts for the other side of the road in the other direction just like police but added for hazards as well - add those and i will change my rating to 5 STARS because otherwise this is a GREAT app
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Pomonlisan commented
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Josh Branscombe commented
An ambulance icon to match fire and police
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Yaron commented
Waze should give alerts on the direction of ambulances while on emergency mode so drivers will give them priority on the road ..
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Anonymous commented
Fire truck 🚒 photo instead of hazard ⚠️ sign would help
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Chazz commented
Just a suggestion, there have been a number of weather related accidents with both fire trucks, and ambulances on scene sometimes before police, maybe you should have an icon representing those type of “first responders.
Thank you for your time and your service.
Sincerely,
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Anonymous commented
אפשרות רכב חרום לתייג עצמו ולהציג התראה לנהגים שרכב חרום מתקרב לעברם (לצורך פינוי נתיב)
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Anonymous commented
Especially in city jams, it would be useful to be able to send to the drivers in front of me that emergency vehicles are approaching them so that they could make an emergency line.
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Zoltán Borda commented
I was watching a video of a professional motorbiker delivering blood from Budapest to Veszprém. His route went through traffic jams in the cities, crowded motorways and roads. People tried their best to give him space, you can imagine how fast a motorbike can get behind you from a decent distance.
That was the moment when the idea came: what if people with the same route could be alerted giving them info about a vehicle with red/blue signs and sirens coming behind them, with their position, expected time when it catches up to them, type of vehicle - motorcycle, car, truck, convoy.
I suggest for this these special vehicles need to be registered with this special attribute or so, and they need the function to get them visible/active or not. And if a special vehicle turns this toggle on and they set their route, people with the same route who may be potentially meeting them on the way could be warned and prepared for example with a pop-up saying be prepared and watch your mirrors.
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Ronald commented
This option in available in the app of Flitsmeister. When an ambulance or police care approaches, you receive a warning (sound) and the exact location of this vehicle is shown on the map
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Anonymous commented
When an emergency vehicle needs to get to a location that can be sent directly from the command center, it would give the quickest route, show the route to other citizen drivers in red for example and if the ambulance is nearby, it would alert the drivers to pull aside. And if drivers are lets say at the accident location, Waze would request to free up the area. And as a final thing, if you are in a car crash or need ambulance, in the shortcuts menu you could add an ambulance button.
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Flippy Flink commented
Great idea.
And connect to the Diutch idea that a ambulance give their location to the flitsmeister.nl app. Maybe Waze could connect to the same info?This is what I saw last week on my flitsmeister.nl app when an ambulance was approaching me from behind:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SvKmjhVUEhcoUWtZA -
Jihad commented
Im reaching out to you to share my idea about emergency and especially for ambulances
I was thinking of adding a new button on the map while driving to alert people on my lane that im hearing the sound of an ambulance in case that they aren't
So, it begins to appear on their screen that an ambulance is coming and to stop immediatly on the side to make the path clear for the ambulance before it arrives .
So when red lights and an icon of a siren appears on the screen ,drivers knows that they have to make an empty lane for the ambulance -
Amir A.S. commented
Alert drivers to clear a lane for ambulance before it arrives like this video that JC Decaux made, but they post it on a billboard, if you alert drivers it could save a life.
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Bastien commented
Hello
I would like my WAZE to warn me when an emergency car (Firefighter, Ambulance, Police, Road Safety) goes up the lines of cars in the traffic jams.
Thus cars could leave the place well before they even in the rearview mirror.Users will be notified before and will have to click when this car is at their level.
Thank you
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Antonio Mancini commented
Mettre un logo d'ambulance ou de pompier quand on se fait dépassé par un véhicule de secour ,celà pourrais avertir les véhicules devant que l'ambulance arrivent derrière .
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Antonio Mancini commented
possibility to put an ambulance logo or a fire truck, when you are exceed by a rescue vehicle that goes up in traffic! And warn the vehicles ahead.
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Anonymous commented
This is a fantastic idea although it might only require ambulance and fire service comand centres to alert sat nav users. We were in solid traffic the other day and we could here the sirens. If we could actually see the emergency service vehicle on the waze screen then drivers could actually get off the road making way for them. When one car moves others follow.
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Anonymous commented
I think to improve the communication when an ambulance is passing from me ... you are always open the way to ambulance pass and to give them the freeway - no stop ... the idea is to communicate the wazers that are in front of me that the ambulance is coming fast on the same road. With this pop up, wazers can change the lane before the ambulance be close them, given the priority to ambulance.