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Allow the ability to specify the location of a report.

When reporting an issue, crash, traffic jam, fire, Police activity, the system only gives you the option to report on the road you are on. So for example, if you are at an interchange where you can see the activity on a highway or interstate, but you are not on that road, you can't actually report it properly. Maybe it can be set up that you make a report, and like in google maps, you have a pin dropped on the map that you can move to the correct location, if where you are is not the location of the activity. Example: look at Cromwell Park Drive, Glen Burnie, MD on google maps. You will see that there is an interchange where I-97 passes by. You can see the activity on the highway, even if you are not on it.

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  • Luke commented  ·   ·  Report

    Unable to add an alert after passing a scene.
    It's difficult to report an alert before or at the time of the scene.
    I suggest being able to back track to load an alert after passing the scene, whether it may be road works, traffic officers or even accidents

  • Kodi75 [5] commented  ·   ·  Report

    try the reporting options under "help and feedback" in the app

  • Chris Lynam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agree, I reported an accident today but it showed at the point I was stuck at and not the next junction where the accident was

  • David Everett commented  ·   ·  Report

    I couldn't agree more that this lack of ability to report a hazard etc like a pothole, at a later time and when in a different location, is utterless ridiculous, and a major flaw in the app. Such a disappointment as I thought at last I'd found an app that I could use to help other motorists avoid the major potholes round here at present. Absolutely useless though if I've got to stop in the road, sat on top of the pothole in order to log it's location, especially on busy main roads. Especially frustrating as it seems from some sources that the app used to have this functionality a few years ago! It seems like I'll have to look elsewhere

  • Michael Salley commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is still enormously, critically needed. If you don’t see the police car until you pass alongside it, which is very typical at night, by the time you have the app open you’re too far past to send the report accurately.

  • Trevor Richards commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can we have a facility to add a hazard after the drive has been completed, e.g. adding location of potholes.

  • Rick Murillo commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is basic and the feet dragging shows you're either in the pocket of the police or you're not for safety or the rights of your users.

  • A Doherty commented  ·   ·  Report

    Dear Waze, adding the abilty for the user to manipulate the location of a report in the interface should be a rudimentary task that any of your software developers with basic coding skills could realistically iterate in 5 min or less. Have your people Nike this simple feature, pronto! Thanks!

  • Andrew Thomas commented  ·   ·  Report

    How is this not a feature 12 years later lmao only reason to use the app is police dodging and we can't even accurately mark this.

  • Josh commented  ·   ·  Report

    Currently, you are only able to make reports in the exact spot you are driving through.
    Live reporting whilst driving is very unsafe and using the phone while driving is illegal.

    I suggest there should be a feature where you can make reports that aren’t in the exact spot you currently traveling through.
    This makes reporting safer and even can make the spot more accurate.

    Example, If I was driving and wanted to report there are police on a different road then I’m on “excluding the opposite side” I can’t.

    If you think this is too powerful or could be abused somehow, then limit it to a kilometer/mile radius of your current location so you can still pin point where the report is.

  • RS73 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is an absolute must to add to the application. So frustrating not to be able to correct the location of a report. 11 years after the first comment in this forum and still not fixed??

  • Rob commented  ·   ·  Report

    Eek. I'm new to Waze, from the UK, and have noticed pot holes and roadworks in many places near me. I've often not been at liberty to flag hazards etc on the go, no places to pull over, so surely there must be a way I can do it later, when I'm back home and online?

  • Luis commented  ·   ·  Report

    En alguna ocasión detecto policía oculta pero no tengo el waze encendido o tarda en coger cobertura de GPS. Si poco más adelante puedo parar y enviar esa ubicación desde un lugar cercano, seria de gran ayuda para otros wazers.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sometimes we cannot suggest issues while driving but can when stationary. This would be a great feature if you can add reports while stationary

  • E commented  ·   ·  Report

    Wow, I read the dates of when this issue was first reported and it STILL hasn't been fixed! Common Waze, get it together.

  • imppress commented  ·   ·  Report

    One more request for this.
    Waze eats battery like no one's business, so I don't have it on most of teh time.
    By the time it boots up, I'm a mile away.

    I really want to help Wazers, but I need this feature in order to move the report to the correct location.

  • Liam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah, I'm not reporting things while I'm driving... I'll get to where I'm going and then report it.

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