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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Fernando Estrella commented
Similar to how you show a more permanent warning for when approaching a rail road track. At this point you should have data to know where animal crossings are (thanks to users’ reports), so you could warn drivers in a more permanent manner that this area has animals crossing. This would protect both the animals and the drivers, since drivers wouldn’t make risky, fast movements to avoid hitting animals. Drivers would slow down way before the dangerous area. We can encourage drivers to report animals sightings and roadkills so we know even more accurately where animals cross, to help protect even more animals in the future. I unfortunately witnessed a rabbit crashing into a car’s side, recently, and hoped I could have done more for it…
This goes in line with your "Permanent Hazards" new feature. In that case, you'd only need to add an option for users to report these kinds of animal crossings.
But the next best step would be that you automatically make a guess to where animal crossings are, based on user reports, and suggest users to slow down.
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Ashum Smashum commented
The recent update took animals out of hazard options when using Android connected to car. I saw it in the app when I disconnect from car but it doesn't show up on my car screen when connected anymore.
Also, like MANY others say PLEASE add an option to put animals ON ROAD.
On another note, much needed add stop to route!
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aleks iliev commented
In Bulgaria, there are many free animals on the roads (domestic, wild), let the danger button be added as a report and an animal!
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Chris Mcintosh commented
Deer notification
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Cláudio Tereso commented
There is no option to report a living animal on the road. These is hugely essential highways where the speeds are high and a living animal(dog, horse,...) crossing the road can create a huge danger for drivers.
As a Driver
I want to be able to report a living animal as a hazard
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Peder commented
Bor i norra Sverige och har ofta renar på vägen, men det går inte rapportera djur på vägen utan bara i vägrenen vilket ni måste åtgärda!
Tack för en bra app i övrigt 👍
/Peder
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Laurent Cattanéo commented
Wildlife dies on high-speed roads and is the primary mortality factor for red squirrels. For his safety, he should be informed of the possibility of crossing 500-metre sections. Is it possible to inform with a nice squirrel drawing during a brief appearance or with a message "very young squirrels, attention!"
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GIRARD commented
Serait-il possible de rajouter la présence d'un animal vivant sur la route car, sauf erreur de ma part, on ne peut indiquer que la présence d'un animal mort ou d'un objet.
Bisous à tous ceux qui liront ce message !
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Михаела Колева commented
Not every time are dead animals on the road, sometimes there are alive animals.
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Laura commented
Add an option to report animals roaming on road or near it
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Idoya Rodriguez commented
un botón en el que pudiéramos avisar de que hay un perro abandonado corriendo o parado en un sitio .El otro día iba por autopista y en el campo vía a un perro corriendo y no pude hacer nada pues había una valla de separación . 😢
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stevieforest69 commented
Hoe (foutieve) melding mobiele flitspalen verwijderen, optie niet aanwezig in het keuzemenu?
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Ivan commented
Agregar en las opciones de peligros. Tramo en construcción, hombres trabajando en la via, animales en la via, vehículo averiado en la via.
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Emily Dabbs commented
I think it would be helpful to have the option to notify people when animals are on the road (or maybe just move the animals on side of road somewhere that it could be found easier...tonight when I was driving there was a deer just chilling in the middle of the road not in any hurry to move to either side and when I went in to report it, I didn't even think to look in the hazard on shoulder category because that wasn't where the animal was)
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DiggsLife commented
Seriously need the ability to report live animals in close proximity to the road, such as deer (or larger depending on where you live)!!! SO Many Accidents caused by deer!!! Additionally, other living items such as owls for motorcycles (yes, that’s an issue in the country!!) or even roaming cats and dogs to keep ALL animals and drivers safer!! Living deer in driving proximity is definitely necessary and more important then a parked vehicle on the shoulder!! Parked vehicles don’t run out in front of you!!! Just saying
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Tata Miadzviedź Drenna Lizaŭ commented
il manque, la déclaration d'animal en divagation sur la route !! merci
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David commented
in warning, could you change the one for live or dead animals...choices such as...moose, deer, wild turkey, because it's not the same to roll over the remains of a skunk rather than a dead deer
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Daryane Tardif commented
Il pourrait être intéressant de faire paraitre le rapport comme une grosse zone circulaire (quelques kilomètres de diamètre) en surbrillance comme l'animal peut se déplacer. L'alerte devrait également être lancée à toutes les voies de circulation disponibles de la zone en surbrillance.
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Jacob Agosto commented
It would be great if we can report animals that we see along the route and that may be lost.
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Emma Staten commented
I am working with a city in Georgia right now to start my wildlife awareness program and I think it would be a great idea to add a feature to the app where you get a pop up on the screen, like how when the speed limit changes, but about deer crossing or even just any wildlife crossing.