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.
Sowgandhika Nimma
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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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aquilla
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YES! Return the option to report animals and roadkills please! Especially animals near road!
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aquilla
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add back ability to report animals near road please! That is one very important feature
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aquilla
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I did as well... please bring it back. Animals are one of the main reasons I use waze, it helped many times.
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aquilla
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bring back roadkill and animals report please
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Markus V commented
Specifically reporting animals is critical for driver and wildlife safety!
Putting everything under the general term "Hazard" is ridiculous. How does a driver know whether its an 18-wheeler parked on the shoulder (relatively safe - no need to slow down) vs a herd of wild deer leaping across the road (dangerous!)
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Sarah
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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
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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
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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
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Glaucio
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Please. Create these two alerts: "animal on track" and "animal in need of rescue". Today I found an injured dog on a very busy public road and I didn't know what to do. I was distressed. And if possible, when the user clicked on the "animal in need of rescue" alert, the entity responsible for these rescues in the city would be alerted immediately. Please do this! I speak of Salvador - Bahia - Brazil.
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Erek
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Bring back roadkill
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Erek
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Bring back roadkill
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Robson R Jung commented
As always they gave us one excuse to future time.
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Glen Goddard commented
Please bring back "animals near by" warning.
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Michael Mulvaney commented
Absolutely needs to come back.
There are animals beside the road all the time.
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Knute Headley commented
I live in the country, and there are MANY deer along the roads. I had always found these alerts for animals on the shoulder very helpful. Please bring it back!
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Ssmith
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Safety issue.
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bpitas
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Taking away ability to mark animals was bad idea - most important feature behind reporting cops!