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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X Y commented
Dear Waze Development Team,
I am a daily and dedicated user of Waze, and I rely heavily on the app for my daily commutes. I truly appreciate the real-time updates and the community-driven aspect of the platform.
I am writing to suggest a new feature that I believe would greatly improve road safety and the overall user experience. Currently, the alerts for police presence, hazards, and accidents sometimes arrive a bit too late for a driver to react smoothly and safely.
It would be incredibly helpful if users had the option to customize the warning distance for these alerts in the app's settings. For example, adding a feature that allows drivers to choose to receive alerts 1 kilometer or 1.5 kilometers before reaching the reported location.
Allowing users to set an earlier warning distance would give drivers more time to adjust their speed, safely switch lanes if necessary, and maintain better focus on the road without sudden surprises.
Thank you for your time, consideration, and for continuously working to improve Waze for all of us.
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mapman44 commented
DON'T SPEED. Problem solved.
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Voyager Leasing commented
Alert for police farther away, right now it waits till your on top of the police to alert you.
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Jj Sipmson commented
Add another vote for increasing distance for police warning. If you are traveling at highway speeds 1000 feet is clearly not enough of a warning. If so many users have asked to implement this why has it not been done? It can't be that difficult. In the name of safety please fix this issue.
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pez
commented
also warn when approaching from the other direction
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Iamme Mee commented
The alert for a mobile radar or police presence comes when it is very close to the police. The distance between the police and the alert in the app is so short that it is not useful for the driver. It would be better if the alert distance were about 3 kilometers.
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Robson commented
porque vocês mexem no que está funcionando bem? e conseguem deixar pior. o aviso de radar a 500 metros de distância era melhor do que agora avisando com menor distância. por favor voltem como era. com 500 metros é melhor para o motorista se precaver.
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Lalit Hembram commented
Waze can improve by adding smarter lane-level guidance, real-time fuel-efficient route suggestions, better rural road mapping, and AI-based hazard prediction. Enhanced voice commands, offline navigation, multilingual alerts, and community reward points can boost user engagement. Integrating EV-charging spots and traffic camera warnings will make Waze more helpful and reliable.https://www.ssoid.site/
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Tony
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600 feet? I get only one audible 10 blocks 2 red lights which is 2 minutes ahead and by that time I forgot all about it. I need a 600 ft warning as well.
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Me
commented
In the US vehicles are required to move lanes when emergency vehicle is passed so giving the max amount of warning would allow drivers to do so safely to
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Me
commented
Speed based is useless as police can use lidar at over 1/4 mile. So 5/8 (0.6) of a mile should be minimum
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John commented
Why are on earth world you decrease the distance from 0.5 miles to just 0.3 miles in the US? This is asinine! At a minimum, go back to 0.5, or better yet, let us change the notification distance in the settings.
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Waze should add smarter parking assistance like Car Parking Mod APK, helping drivers easily find and report real-time parking spots.
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Bj Griese commented
There is no use in using Waze if the alert is when you are 500 feet from anything....Police alert, construction or even item in the road. Please fix
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Get Tha Biz commented
Police are able to track speed before the half mile notification from waze. It would be nice if we were able to increase the distance of these notifications (and maybe all of them?)
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JeremyKeusters
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Please also take a moment to upvote the suggestion to allow for Waze to always warn by voice for speed cameras: https://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-waze-suggestion-box/suggestions/45709636-warn-speed-camera-by-voice-all-the-time
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Peter Roof
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Perhaps two warnings based on time, not distance. One 40 seconds prior and another 20 seconds prior.
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Christophe commented
La présence de police sur la route sous entend un danger imminent il est crucial d avertir au moins 300m a l avance l utilisateur afin de stimuler sa vigilance . A 80 kmh c est 22 m par seconde soit a peine 7 secondes actuellement