It would be a mette rof introducing an "treshold" option representing the minimum time saving to switch to secondary roads. Something like "if the time saved is less than {user defined treshold value} then use main road route".

add the criterion "simplicity of the route" based on the number of crossings, turns, etc., and an option of chosing the simples route

but currently the choice of three routes does not work at all: just yesterday the service have permanently ignored my choice instead trying to drive me over the route it considered shorter, despite my other choice. No option to complaine to this on the site.

j'ai été souvent confronter a se souci,waze me fais passer régulièrement par des routes secondaires ,pour gagner du temps alors que finalement non on en pert ,surtout que les routes principales sont a coter (des petits détours qui n'en valent pas la peine) sa aurais ete bien si waze pouvais nous faire choisir d'emprunter les axes principaux ,surtout a l'heure actuelles ou certains bourg et petit villages montrent leurs mécontentement vis a vis des gps qui les font passer par chez eux .

waze takes you to the city center to save a few minutes. if I'm in a place I don't know, waze should aim to direct you towards large, smooth and fast roads

Waze always seems to choose little back roads to save 2 minutes when it’s actually quicker to stay on main roads. We need a preference to make Waze prefer main roads provided the time lost is minimal. Badly need this!

Give "main ruote" option.
For example, when driving home I have two highways and the local streets to choose from. Waze always suggests the streets on all their route options. I "add a stop" that forces Waze to look into the other routes, and sometimes the route is quicker, or only one or two minutes slower, but MUCH more preferable than taking streets (which with traffic lights and double parked cars ends up taking 10% longer).
Can Waze give "main route" option so we can select highway X, highway Y, street Z

We should have the option to select from straight line navigation and actual street navigation because a lot of times when we enter a destination it could be 3 miles away but once you hit the Star button it changes to 10 to 15 miles away the straight line navigation would be great if we could drive in a straight line to that destination but that is something that rarely happens and I don’t know if this has been brought up before I cannot find it but you should ask your users if this is something that they would want I believe there are a lot of people that feel this way I just don’t know where to send their complaints

Further comment - towing the caravan in December 2021 - ultimate nightmare!
A303 dual carriageway closed in both directions. Route took us into a housing estate - not a problem.
Problem came when the road became several miles of single track lane, with small passing places! Towing a caraan along such a lane, in the dark, in Winter, with oncoming vehicles, and traffic building up behind ... it was definitely a miracle that I didn't end up getting completely stuck, and blocking the whole road ...

Pleae please please, allow us to take vehicle size and type into consideration ... I've had this in the past on other satnav systems. Seriously considering giving up on Waze (much as I love it generally) and buying a dedicated Garmin system which allows me to specify vehicle type etc. and avoid inappropriate roads!

When towing a caravan, it is my worst nightmare to be given a route that goes nown lanes which are not wide enough for me to get through. This would also apply to drivers of larger vehicles e.g. lorries.

When towing my caravan, I want the option for my route to avoid narrow lanes, and travel on main roads whenever possible.

Waze needs a routing option that sets a priority for using Motorway, A and B roads over unclassified roads, only using the later for the last leg to the destination when needed.
Current Waze will include very narrow and winding roads if it believe it is faster or shorter, when in reality, most people would prefer to stay on main roads, even if it is slightly longer.
Ideally the option would enable the independent priorities for M, A and B roads.

Suggest you add a navigation mode. "Simple Drive or Safe Drive" This mode would have less turns and use main roads.

Hello, it missing me here another option for prefer class I and II (main roads) here in Czech. It happens me very often i must go through little vilages on class III and dirt roads, both very bad roads, not good for pneu. Because of this i must use competitive Mapy.cz. Thank you for help and reply.

Permitir elegir el trayecto más directo y no sólo el más rápido.
El recorrido siempre trata de minimizar tiempos de llegada. En ocasiones se generan decenas de giros, tomar calles por 2 cuadras o salir de autopistas por 1km y retomar pagando doble peaje, todo para ahorrar 2 minutos.
Cuando hay semáforos... los continuos giros no gana tiempo, por el contrario, lo pierden.
De debería poder elegir el trayecto más directo, el o el más corto, y no necesariamente el más rápido.

In many cases, residential streets have tried to reduce traffic flow with countless speed bumps and stop signs but Wayz keeps directing users to take these routes. At one time, before traffic abatement modifications were added, maybe this was a faster route but now, they aren’t.

I’m not an ambulance or fire truck or police car nor do I think I’m so important that a minute “saved” in my drive by “deeking” and weaving through residential side streets is time well spent.

I would much rather stay on major streets and wish this navigational option was available.

A “stay on major streets“ option is safer for drivers, better for local businesses and we won’t have to worry about kids/pedestrians stepping into our path on those narrow residential streets.

Se necesita una sugerencia en pantalla que mande a la persona por vías principales, aunque haga más tiempo, que evite las calles poco transitadas e inseguras, hay personas que no saben escoger en el mapa la vía de su preferencia, necesitan esa ayuda por seguridad

moi qui fais de la route tout les jours avec waze, j'ai souvent l'impression que waze choisit des routes pour "4x4" (petites départementales dangereuses) au lieu de privilégier des routes nationales. ça devrait être corrigé ou au moins pouvoir choisir " privilégier les grands axes"

I would also like to have option for fastest route if it save me 10 minutes or XX minutes.

Track user habits and know that one chose same way every day instead of 3 minutes shorter one. Offer this route first and if this route is in trouble, stick it with marker (like Avoid, accident!).

Why: every comuter has 2-3 known ways, but instantly taking one of them (no left turn, no zipping on it, no bumbers, allways on main road...) BUT if waze just dont show this road first, we dont know, if its just for one minute time lost (which no one cares), or its major accident there and we should really avoid it.

Good day,

On urban roads, it often happens that Waze takes me sometimes to narrow roads with bumpers, with lots of traffic lights just to save me a minute of driving.
It's the same on long-distance roads, it takes me to narrow two-way roads sometimes twisting where driving is more dangerous and at night Roads without lighting just to save me 3 minutes.
It should be possible for the user to set a preference for the main roads (which are usually wider with one-way routes) where he will decide if he is willing to travel and extend the time by a certain percentage determined by him (say 10% more time in return for driving on main roads).
I'm a software engineer by profession and know that development is not easy, especially the diagnosis between a "bad" road to its alternative, but it is certainly a feasible task for the Waze team.

I would appreciate your response.

Best regards,