Alternate Route
Very frustrating when Waze updates the route with a bunch of turns,including a few difficult left turns, and it results in a time savings of a minute or two. Sometimes it doesnt save any time at all. I suggest an option were you can choose a time savings minimum before waze will take you off your current route. For example I would prefer to stay on my current, more direct route, unless a time savings of 5 min is available then please change my route.
Thanks

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Anonymous commented
This is a great idea. An even further improvement on this would be to set a dollar amount per minute, or per hour, that you're willing to pay to take toll roads.
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Wojciech commented
In Waze there are always up to 3 alternative routes shown - doesn't matter if I have 10 km to go or 500km. This causes the 3 alternative routes to be calculated in random places, not where user needs.
In the scenario where I have a long distance like 500km set it would be very much needed that to be able to check alternative route in specific distance range - for example 3 options to get out from here for the next 30km - as I want to get out of traffic jams in the current city.
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Adam Crane commented
Add an option to determine how complex you're willing the routes to be. Some may want a route that is really complex provided it saves time. Other times you don't mind taking an extra minute or two if it avoids a couple turns.
This can be helpful if you're in an area you don't really know, so you'd prefer less turns, or a place where the turns tend to be difficult, like low viability, etc.
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Katie commented
When driving Waze will automatically reroute you, even if the new route saves you just 3 minutes.
In the past, you were able to hit "No thanks" when Waze was about to reroute you. Now it just does it automatically, you are not allowed to say no.
Bring back the option to hit "no" to be rerouted!
I am tired of fighting with Waze and having to constantly change my route back to my original route while driving. Even though the new route may be 2 minutes faster, it also has an extra $4 in tolls and an extra 10 miles in length.
I would rather save the money and get there 2 minutes later. Let us decide if we want to reroute!!!!
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Anonymous commented
I wish when Waze suggests a detour, it also mentions how much time will be saved or added to the trip right away so the driver can make an informed decision to take or not take the detour suggested. Many a times we have taken a detour just to realize we barely saved much time but lost the convenience of staying on a highway, close to rest stops.
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Tim commented
it would be great if the "travel time saved" was user adjustable.. i.e, don't re-route me if it's going to save less than a minute, or 5 minutes, of travel time..
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Anonymous commented
A setting like, “show alternate route if it saves - (X number of minutes”(X=a selectable number of minutes).
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Peter commented
Give users the ability to set a minimum (range is fine) time saved before rerouting. Currently Waze will put me on side streets, back roads… to save just a few minutes. In reality these roads with fewer Waze travelers are unpredictable and rarely return the savings promised.
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Andrew Denning commented
Dear waze, please do not re-route me through the south side of chicago off of I80 and risk my life to save me 2 minutes. Waze needs more option to avoid certain things. For instance, in additon to things like, avoid toll roads, avoid unpaved roads, so how about....
AVOID OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS!!!!! Brilliant! -
PE commented
Agree also give an alternate entrance to the same highway or another street route to highway !
or let us say NO WAZE try another routeOne of my trips, Waze tells me to make all these turns to get me to the route I know I do not want and is out of my way. I keep driving my way and it FINALLY will change its route to my way to get to highway.
I should be able to say NO cause I know the other way is worse. There should be more options available.
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evda commented
תנו למשתמש להחליט מתי לקפוץ אוטומטית בין מסלולים. החלטה לשנות מסלול עם ערך בדקות.
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Anonymous commented
במצב היום המסלול שבחרת בו משתנה תוך כדי נסיעה גם במצב אבסורדי שאורך המסלול הבסיסי 10 קמ הוא יכול להתארך ל 20 קמ כדי לחסוך חצי דקה [אי אפשר לבדוק בזמן הנסיעה ] לכן מוצע שבהגדרות יהיה סולם של אחוזים שיציין כמות האחוזים שיתווספו לאורך הדרך כתלות לסולם מקביל של אחוזים שיציין את כמות הזמן שמתווספת לדרך.כל משתמש יוכל לשלוט ב-2 סולמות האחוזים באופן כללי ולגבי כל נסיעה ספצפית
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Anonymous commented
Many times waze gets stuck on certain alternate routes without considering other good viable options. Adding more than 3 alternate route options would be very helpful.
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Anonymous commented
I like this idea a lot except sometimes even 5 min can make a big difference when your in a hurry but if you are not in a hurry 5 min is not a big deal. It would be amazing to have the option
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a, shulman commented
אם בשביל 4-5 דקות של קיצור הנסיעה אני צריך לנסוע עוד עשרה קילומטר, אני רוצה
להחליט לפני שנבחר באופן אוטומטי המסלול עבורי, מה גם שלפעמים הזמן מתקצר ולבסוף הדרך הקצרה גם מהירה יותר...שמעתי את ההצעה הזאת מכמה משתמשים שהצטערו מאוד כמה היו צריכים לנסוע בשביל חסכון קטן כל כך (אם בכלל) , אני עורך מפה ומנהל איזור בירושלים ומקבל פידבקים ממשתמשים באפליקציה שלא יודעים כמה קל להציע הצעה לשיפור, תודה ובהצלחה, תמשיכו כך צוות וייז, אוהבים אתכם..
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If for 4-5 minutes of shortening the trip I have to travel another ten kilometers, I want
Decide before automatically selected track for me, especially since sometimes the time is shortened and finally the short way is also faster ...I heard this offer from a few users who were very sorry how much they had to travel for such a small savings (if any). I edit a map and manage an area in Jerusalem and get feedback from users on the app who do not know how easy it is to offer an improvement. Thank you Waze team and good luck. ..
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Anonymous commented
Have the possibility to select what is the minimal amount of time you want to spare before recalculating a new itinerary.
This could be a value in minutes set by the user in the setup menu.
For example, if the user does specify 15 mins, waze will never change the itinerary if there are alternative routes available under this value.
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Cyndi R commented
Permit preferred routes - at least for "Home" and "Work" settings, and allow user-defined time difference to determine when rerouting is recommended.
Waze tries to send me to work through a nightmare intersection during rush hour, because it's sometimes 2 minutes faster than the much-easier route. It also sends me through a school zone at pick-up time because it's 1 minute faster (sometimes) than a turn where only 2-3 cars often go per stoplight cycle. If I had a preferred route with a time-savings setting of 3 minutes, I would know if TODAY I really do need to take the alternate route. -
Kayvaan commented
Allow users to configure a setting that tells Waze not to suggest an alternate route unless the route is xx% shorter.
Many times Waze will suggest circuitous alternate routes that end up saving me a few minutes but add aggravation and overhead if the route is not familiar or is on weird byways.
I'd love to tell Waze don't bother suggesting an alternate or re-route unless it saves me more than 10% of my trip time. (Some users might want to configure that % higher or lower).
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Leandro commented
I would like to suggest creating a Waze account where the user can determine a value to be considered when setting the shortest or fastest route.
For example, if the user registers 5 minutes the APP will check if the difference between the fastest and the shortest route is equal to or less than 5 minutes if yes, will choose the shortest route. If not, choose the fastest. This will help reduce fuel consumption and reduce pollution. -
denbro7 commented
Nothing more annoying than when you look down and Waze is telling you to go a different direction and it is only saving you two minutes. Create a feature where a user can enter a certain number of minutes saved before being re-routed.