@Pieter The Believer: if all the traffic is stuck for 2 hours, the live data from Waze will automatically reroute you to a better route, if there is one.

It is not so much about speed but more about roadblocks. Here, it is also not about driving drunk or being a criminal. As it stands, one can get caught up for a long time (my record is two hours after an 11-hour journey). Of course, Waze would not want to support speedsters, drunk drivers or criminals, but users will report them all under Police in any event. So an early warning should come before you make a turn onto o road where they are present.

Contact your CM and ask to configure it like you wish. It's possible.

Please make police alert more customizable in terms of distance before you get to the police so many people are wanting this how many up votes do we have to get for you to implement it?

Increasing the police warning distance would greatly benefit Waze users, similar to early alerts seen in . https://multiplayercarparking.com/. Extending this range enhances safety and reaction time.

It's now 2024, I was literally look for a way to contact them about this. Only to come here and see that its been over a decade since someone reported and still no solution.

time to self compile waze

Would it be possible to have in the Waze configuration an option to setup the distance prior the location of a hidden police that would be triggering the alerting verbal message ? Often, the verbal alert is given too late (150 m before the location of the police).

If Waze can't increase the warning time or allow users to increase the warning time, perhaps they could change the notification to say, 'You've just been caught speeding,' 'You've just hit an obstacle in the road,' etc.

Audio alert for speed cameras and for police is too late. When driving on a fast roads and you hear alert ca 500 meters before location of a speed camera or police, you don't have enough time to react. Audio signal should be heard ca 1 km before location of a speed camera or police.

I just got caught by a mobile speed camera, the Waze warning popped up as I came over the brow of a hill and I saw the police van in the far distance, probably about a mile. Unfortunately they saw me as well!
Speed based notifications would not help in this situation as they detect you as soon as you heave into sight.
The warning distance needs to be much more than the latest speed camera detection distance.

Hey Google, please assist law enforcement by notifying drivers earlier in advance of a police presence ahead. Those officers are stationed there for a reason, to slow traffic down. Please assist them by notifying drivers well in advance so we can comply with this safety necessity. Respectfully, keep up the great job with Waze!

Sure, "Don't speed" is a "simple" solution, but so is "don't look at Waze when you're driving because it means you're taking your eyes off the road, yet everyone here does that. I see people panic braking when they see a cop even if they're going below the speed limit.

If you don't want the notification because you're holier than thou and don't speed, then simply turn that notification off - it's really easy to do.

And, this issue seems to be like the one on Microsoft Excel's UV to quit mangling numbers when importing into an Excel file - it's been sitting there for more than a decade with thousands of up votes and it's been ignored too.

Big companies like to claim to listen to their users by putting up these sites, then they simply ignore them.

It has been 12 years since this was originally posted, 5 since you replied, and I still have drivers ahead of me panic spiking their brakes because they get alerted of speed traps 600 feet from the cop. The worst part is that there's an easy solution for me as a driver: constantly looking down to check my map and physically look for the police icons, meaning I'm constantly taking my eyes off the road. I don't know why this has taken over a decade to fix, but it's literally on the front page of your feedback site. Please implement customizable distance for alerts, speed based is fine as an option just give us the ability to set it manually as well. Thank you.

Allow users to receive any active police locations within for example 5, 10 or 20 miles or feature off when opening the app

this needs to be a minimum of 1 mile, but 2 miles would be better

It would be ideal if users could specify how far in advance they want the notification. If it must be a fixed distance (not user changeable) 1 mile notification would be better than the current approximate .4 notification.

Don't speed, simple.

I can't believe this hasn't been addressed yet. This needs to be fixed asap. You are having drivers panic-braking because the alert is coming in the last moment or too late. Are you really this oblivious to a problem that is so easily fixable????

The object of waze isn’t to go out & break the law. If you’re driving 10+ over depending on the State you can get a reckless driving ticket , arrested, & or have your vehicle towed. As long as you’re not breaking the law by speeding then it shouldn’t matter when you’re warned. Unless you’re the type of person that prefers to put ppl & their families in danger. Just takes one mistake to lose control while speeding which can lead to manslaughter or permanent injuries. The only reason why i like the warning is that it means there may end up being slowdowns from ppl getting themselves back to being closer to the speed limit.