Increase police warning distance
Waze users are warned of speed traps or police presence only about 600 feet ahead of time. This is far too late of a warning. With a clear line of sight, law enforcement can detect speeders at 1-2 miles out.
By the time the Waze warning pops up, you could have already been detected.
This feature – while very well intentioned and thought out – is useless with so little warning.

What we are aiming to do here is speed based alerters.
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Anonymous commented
Speed based could work, but presently it's just not soon enough.
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YogiJB commented
@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.
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Peter The Believer commented
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.
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MousePL commented
Contact your CM and ask to configure it like you wish. It's possible.
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Furg Coe commented
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?
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Talha commented
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.
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Garfield Gray commented
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.
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mitch haven commented
time to self compile waze
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PM commented
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).
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shakyshakyhands commented
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.
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Petar commented
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.
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Adrian commented
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. -
David Seften commented
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!
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FreeMan commented
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.
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Jeremy DeMarco commented
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.