Use more straight roads
Very often instead of travelling on a straight road, waze often turn into small roads and later exit on to the same road further down in order to save a minute or two. What actually happen is , the time save is negligible, considering the difficulty in exiting the side road onto the main road. Sometimes it take considerable time and danger doing that, especially if you are turning right. It would be advisable to travel straight, unless it is a standstill massive jam. I have been using maze on Melbourne roads and it always try to use smaller roads just to avoid traffic light. The smaller road tends to have humps and many small roundabouts to reduce speed and it make the journey bumpy and in the long run damage the car absorbers.
John
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“Avoid difficult intersections” option is available in Navigation settings. Should ease the issue if not eliminate it.