Adding Roadside Animal detection system to Waze as a feature will help reduce animal roadkill problem.
Roadside Animal Detection (RADAR) systems – A computerized signs with flashing light stripped when an animal breaks a light beam . These can reduce collisions with large animals. These alerts and captured images can also be sent to different GPS apps like Waze, so that drivers coming by on that road can be alerted through their GPS apps and slow down when crossing that area.

Thanks for your feedback. At this time, this doesn't fit on our roadmap, but we'll keep it in mind for future product planning.
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Brandon Earnest commented
Like Hazard alerts a lot of people life in areas where wildlife like to venture out into or near roadways. If we could share that there is an animal near the road or in the road that would cool. Also could save people from hitting deers and things like that.
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Jacob Rosenbaum commented
Add deer on road or near by icon
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Robert Holloway commented
Please bring back the option of reporting animals nearby. This was a valuable tool on the app.
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Ay commented
Bring back the wildlife on side of road alert. It’s important to know where deer are at dusk and dawn when near highways.
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Tasha villalobos commented
I belive the button for animals on side of road should come back it was really helpful when going through new areas an also on highways where there are deer
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Frankiefigs commented
Anyone know of another app WITH animal alerts?
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Frankiefigs commented
They should at LEAST bring back the animal alert
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Frankiefigs commented
WHY was the animal alert removed?! That really sucks! Everyone in my community relies on this alert as we have an abundance of deer and bear! At least give an option to select alerts for individuals. But I see this falling on tin ears. Can anyone recommend another app that has some type of Animal alert?
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Rachael Stickle commented
There used to be a button for nearby animals. This was very helpful living in an area with many deer, turkey, foxes running across roads. Now the only thing is a general “hazard” button which could mean anything, or map chat which isn’t safe to use while driving
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aquilla commented
Please add back the possiblity to report animals. It helps a lot!
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aquilla commented
Allow report animals or make it customizable so people can choose what reports they want to have at hand .. if no animals live nearby someone he can hide it.
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aquilla commented
YES! Return the option to report animals and roadkills please! Especially animals near road!
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aquilla commented
add back ability to report animals near road please! That is one very important feature
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aquilla commented
bring back roadkill and animals report please
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Sarah commented
please return the option to report animals; reporting deer saves human lives and trauma
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Douglas commented
You took away the ability to mark animals under the hazard icon on your map. I would always mark dear when I come to work early in the morning when it’s still dark out, I would mark them so people would not hit them with the car and maybe get injured themselves or kill the deer please return this that you had on a hazard icon. Otherwise I’m leaving Waze because I don’t agree with this policy.
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Chris Law commented
I see multiple deer along my interstate drive to work early in the mornings. I typically report as a hazard on the road but the next driver removes it because there is no hazard per se on the road. So this is why there's a need to draw attention and make drivers at least aware of deer in the area and to be watchful.
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C commented
Bring Animal on side of road and road kill hazards!! It is critical and the one I used the most. Also a voice option would be great - so I don’t have to take eyes off road in critical situations
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Ashley Ransley commented
Yes! I was disappointed at first that it was removed & now am irritated because I saw a possum wandering near the edge of the road tonight & was sure they'd get hit 😢
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Ernesto commented
The decision to remove the details of the reports was a truly bad idea