PLEASE remove the reporting of potholes -- This is driving me insane.
Hello,
Though I do believe the initial intentions of reporting potholes were genuine, it has become an absolute nightmare for regular wazers.
I live in a metropolitan area and, unfortunately, not many people in my area have any inclination on what a pothole actually is. This has led to people spamming the map with tens of pothole reports on any given stretch of road (usually the reports are for an uneven patch of road, or even a small bump in the road)...
I'm sure other will agree that this issue has led to, and will continue to lead to, alert fatigue. I'm beginning to not pay attention to my alerts.
Now, I do know that I can turn off "hazard" alerts altogether, but I don't want to... I think it's important to know about construction workers on the road ahead of me (for everybody's safety).
So with that I plead to you: PLEASE, for the love of god, turn off pothole alerts. PLEASE!
Derek
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Felix commented
Have a switch to turn Pothole warnings on/off. Easy. Some people want it some people doesn't. I personally like it.
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Nigel Dann commented
Totally agreed. I just switched to Waze from Google Maps last week - for the most part I love much of the extra functionality Waze provides - BUT I am on the point of going back to Google Maps purely because of dozens of Pothole warnings, most of which are nothing more that poor road surface. It is totally distracting to the point of being dangerous. Please remove it - or at least make it a separate category under Hazards that can be switched off by users without switch off ALL hazard warnings.
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Greg
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Welp here we are in 2025. I've never heard pothole alerts before this week, maybe someone in my neighborhood thought it would be helpful to start reporting every little divot in the road. All of a sudden I'm getting like 30 pothole alerts on my way home from work.
These need to be in a separate category that I can disable. I DO want hazard alerts, I DO NOT want pothole alerts! -
Graham Keeley commented
This is getting so bad that I'm tempted to turn off hazard alerts, I don't wish to do that. I know these are important and I appreciate that they are especially necessary for some riders/drivers, however, if you lived where I do you too would want to be able to disable this specific alert. Please give it some consideration.
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Michael
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Any Pothole that causes the vehicle to jolt is a Dangerous Pothole and all Users should be notified of them. The way I judge such a Pothole is to consider if a Motorcyclist were to hit the Hole in the Dark would it be of concern.
I am fed up, here in the UK, driving looking out for damaging Potholes rather than the Road Ahead.
Also a registered Pothole on Waze is a Public Notice and could be used in Court against Authorities responsible for Road Safety.
Ok, if people don't like them make it possible to turn such warnings off, but Good Luck to you if your are in the UK!!
Also, whilst on, with regard to the Not There / Thank You Button, would it be possible to separate them, putting Thank You at the Top, and Not There at the Bottom as I am sure I have selected the wrong one by accident on occasions. -
That Guy Levi commented
If the ability to turn this off is not added very soon, Waze gets permanently deleted. Every single type of warning should have its own toggle in settings.
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Anonymous commented
Go use Apple maps if you want to stick your head in the sand well your ****** Kia or Hyundai is destroyed
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Greg
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IMO pothole alerts should be available, it’s the users that need to be educated as to what constitutes a dangerous pothole as opposed to a crack in the road. Maybe jus a rename of the function to Dangerous Pothole or something similar, with a popup message asking if it’s a pothole that represents a serious risk. Eg. about 6 months ago there was o hole in my area that shattered the front passengers wheel on 3 cars, so the function is a good idea just needs some fine tuning.
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Snowy
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Just learning about Waze and can’t believe that they’ve covered the map with pot hole signs, they’re everywhere!
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Anonymous
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The same problem here ... Id like to concentrate on REAL hazards. Not to be disturbed by insignificant warnings ... PLEASE, for the love of god, turn off pothole alerts. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous
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I second that emotion. It's Montreal. Every street has potholes. I also don't care about police, since I don't break the law.