Tracking stop signs and stop lights
In addition to "Difficult intersection" it would be very handy for two features:
1) Waze's map to record if there are stop signs (2, 4 way), and lights at an intersection. This would (hopefully) include separate turn signals; some intersections are VERY difficult to turn left at even with a light, for example.
2) A setting for navigation (in the app) for "Avoid unguarded turns/intersections". This would then allow a driver to NOT have to turn left across 6 lanes of traffic, for example, as the app would know there was no light at that crossing (or even going directly across).
3) In addition, a mode for "During rush hour" would be handy for both this and the 'avoid difficult intersections'. Such turns are fine at 1:00am, impossible at 5:00pm.
Now, this sounds like it may present a lot more options, thus confusing some drivers, but if you've ever had the joy of dozens of street turns during rush hour in LA or other severely congested area, you could see it would become life-preserving.
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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David commented
Is it possible to include the traffic light waiting time in order to calculate the route?
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Brad commented
How about a traffic status indicator for traffic light congestion? (He asked,sitting in line for the fourth light cycle, w three more cycles to go)
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Anonymous commented
Add a traffic light symbols on the maps
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Esmonde commented
This would not be easy as many traffic lights (in my country) operates with a inductive sensor at non-peak hours. Meaning, there is no fixed time for traffic lights.
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Bruno D. Rodrigues commented
This should take in consideration the existing "red light camera", which currently is worthless (would popup on the screen but doesn't announce if we cross it at a faster speed than defined on the speed camera). What I mean is that besides giving negative weight for each intersection, it could also give negative weight to each redlight camera on the route.
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Allen Baranov commented
This would also help with planning a route. It may be worthwhile to take a longer route with less stops.
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alqamist commented
Today I sat at a traffic light that usually takes a long time to go through. Even got a prompt to find out whether there was a traffic jam. This light increased the eta by 4 minutes of a 22 min route!
If waze could take into account the time at intersections, it could plan better routes and give better ETAs.
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mtel commented
I think it would be a great benefit if you can us the data of every time a waze stops at a Traffic Light you should be able to figure out the timing for all the Traffic lights. Then some how be able to tell us when the next light is going to change so we can adjust are speed of course slowing down to time the lights and save fuel.