PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Having to touch screen 5!!! times, just to report 1 vehicle stopped on the shoulder, is completely unnecessary risk for the driver, who needs to pay attention to the road instead of trying to continuesly trying to select a button on the SCREEN, in a MOVING vehicle.

Large part of the issue can be solved by implementing the following simple, yet very effective and practical feature, , that could improve the safety of drivers.

PROPOSED SOLUTION
Customizable shortcuts on the main screen of navigation; allow user to create custom shortcuts in order to report any kind of traffic conditions.

Instead of having to go through several screens in order to submit a report (police, disabled vehicle etc), user could use a single tap shortcut button on the screen of navigation.
There could be 3-4 customizable shortcuts. Shortcuts' default function can be set to the 'most often used type of reports.

BENEFITS
- Reduced time for submitting reports.
- SAFER driving, as user uses less time of paying attention to the phone screen, and has more opportunity for focusing on the road and avoiding accidents (SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT)
- Overall improved user experience.

PRE-CONDITIONS
- Waze is operating in a normal driving mode with or without end destination.

USE CASE
1. User wants to report a condition on the road, yet to be reported by other Waze users.
2. User selects a shortcut button on the screen, that is set to a custom or most often used type of report.
3. If desired shortcut isn't available, then user may use normal procedure to submit a report.

POST-CONDITION
- New report has been submitted by the driver, describing a desired condition on the road map.
-Waze is operating in a normal driving mode with or without end destination.

I truly hope that Waze takes my feedback into consideration, and perhaps it would safe someone from getting into an accident, and even losing their life.

Best
- Igor Kamalov
https://github.com/kamalovigor
idkamalov@gmail.com

This is a great idea and would increase driver safety.

Yes, this would help so much with reporting.

4 years later and we still don't have this as an option to enable and configure?

If seems so trivial to implement but so much safer than the multiple presses needed currently.

Have I missed something where Waze have stated its not possible for some reason?

It takes 3-4 taps to report anything. Too dangerous while driving, so I've stopped reporting. Please give 1 or 2 bubbles on the map that I can add the hazard that I report the most often.

The long press quick menu is an improvement but it still requires 2 more menu levels to post. Instead add function to allow user to add customized quick report buttons to the map. For example, probably 90% of my reports are hazard/vehicle/side of road. Instead of multiple menu levels, I should be able to press one button on the map to make this report. Users could customize their own for the top 2-3 they use. To prevent accidental reports, the app could require a double tap. This would greatly improve the functionality and safety of the app

I can ask Waze driving down freeway to find business but I can’t speak to about hazard have to type 4 times to update hazard
Please fix this
I stopped or rarely update because of this

This is a very good idea. I used to be on a long road trip recently and had not been able to add info because, as you said, there is too much click to do before adding an accident or so. 2-3 Customizable buttons, great idea!!!

Agree one million %

Not sure about 1 click as seems it would clutter the UI, but I've been able to lessen the UI to 2 clicks for ANY event, cmon waze... all those clicks are very bad design

Lets start with traffic reports... you don't need them Your backend automatically already knows where ALL slowdowns already are by your monitoring... I know, I've seen it... So why do we even need to tell people there is traffic... that should be automated

Now all other notices can be simplified...
Who better to tell you about a problem up ahead than a person coming from the opposite direction that already has seen the problem... But currently, waze does not offer this on all items, only police.. this needs to change... click the button to add, then a simple UI to add a vehicle, police, etc on your side or opposite side.. all on one simple screen... two clicks

To add a couple of customizable quick access buttons so that driver could to add an accident or police (for example) in one click, depending on what the driver sets up these buttons. At the moment, to add an event, up to 5 clicks are needed.

Add 3 custom shortcuts on navigation screen as the most used reports.
For exemple visible police, stoped vehicule and danger on road.

The finger drag thing is not really appropriate and i never have enough time to find the right option on my phone while focusing on the road (+ it is dangerous)

Very good idea! I was thinking the same. My car does not have a touchscreen so it's harder to report something (and more unsave). A device with physical buttons would make it way more easy. It can be like these "amazon buttons".

it takes too much time off of the road to report something from apple carplay, if there are maybe two buttons on the right of the screen "vehicle on sholder" and "police reported" so that its a quick button press and not several page flips

In addition, it's ridiculous that the main report button is lower right, but the most commonly reported items are top left on the next screen. If you're holding a large phone with your right hand, it's very hard to move your thumb from lower right to top left without dropping the phone or accidentally touching somewhere else on the screen. Put the most commonly used reports in the lower right, under where the main report button is.

It would be great if we had more quick access buttons down the left side of the main screen. Takes too many steps to access other functions. (Alternate Routes, Police, Vehicle Stopped, etc.)
It would be great to have the most used options on the main screen with 1-button quick access.
It would be even better if the user could customize the buttons that they would like on the main screen.

Please make the icon for "car on side of road" a one click button since this is the most common alert. Having to click 5 buttons is too much

In waze should have in the main screen a button to report radar not yet registered. This would facilitate the inclusion of new radars.
Also when informing the radar or police, speak the maximum speed in the stretch avoiding that we have to take our eyes off the road.

It would be so much easier to add "your" most common hazards to the main screen. If they can add a music icon, surely they can allow drivers to add two/three of their most common hazard's? Much safer!

I echo this request. Being able to pick two 'custom shortcuts' to add to the main reporting options would allow for a 2 tap process. For me, Hazard - On Shoulder - Vehicle Stopped and "Police Visible" would do it.

Distracted driving laws in Ontario are very harsh. $600-$1000 for a first offence, plus suspension. This goes up to $3000 and a 30-day suspension for a 3rd offence.

Create quick access shortcuts for frequently used alerts. Takes too long to drop an alert when you come across something on the road when you have to search through so many options. Gives a 3-4 common used ones. or make it custom for the user.