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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Jon Reynolds commented
The way I see it, the alert is there so that people know there may be an officer on the side of the road, and to keep alert in order to avoid a wreck.
Nobody owes you data on speed traps. Caveat emptor, driver.
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mojo
commented
janet .. stay out the left lane and worry about your speed thanks ... we all will get home safely
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Janet
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If your worried about getting a speeding ticket, SLOW down. Your not the only one on the road. We all want to get home safely to our families.
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Elias
commented
Make it where you can add warnings to remote spots within a certain distance you drove pass.Currently, It only allows the spots you drove pass, which half the time its late to pinpoint where the pothole, car stop, or object is located on the road. I think it should be like the map editor, where you get distance as you rank. 5 stars when this happens.
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Anonymous
commented
It needs to tell you that there's a accident about 10 miles out so you can get off a exit and go around
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Darrell
commented
it's not 600 feet it's a half mile.
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Jim R.
commented
While hwy driving you only have exits spaced miles apart. The traffic jam warning comes to late to find an alternate route or to allow time to change lanes to exit the hwy before you are caught in the traffic.
By the time the Waze warning pops up, you are already stuck in the traffic.
Increase the distance or time warning.
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Sherlock McGyver commented
In fact, many times there is no warning, especially if there are multiple reports in succession, only one will be reported, which requires the user to be distracted yet again by touching the symbol in order to give it a thumbs up, etc.
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Jim commented
Should also be based on speed - more distance warning at 65mph vs 25mph
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Anonymous
commented
I would like this programmable as well.
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gallet
commented
la distance autour des radars et notamment apres est beaucoup trop longues
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Bill Meacham
commented
This should not be an "enhancement". It should have been a software requirement. I sat in traffic for 2 hours last month because the "accident" warning occurred WAY too late.
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another citizen
commented
Lets try driving using our own eyes first
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Anonymous
commented
לאחרונה שונו מרחקי ההתרעות לפני פניה ומצאתי עצמי לא פעם באי ודאות למקום הפניה.
להלן הצעתי לשינוי מרחקי התרעה.
קילומטר לפני - מספיק רחוק להתכונן ומספיק קרוב לא לשכוח
חמש מאות מטר לפני - מתאים למיקום שילוט הצומת
מאתיים מטר לפני - מתאים למקום פתיחת נתיב הפניה
חמישים מטר לפני - ממש לפני הפניה -
chris
commented
I agree, increase cop alert range and allow more user customization. For example, be able to turn off vehicle on side of the road alerts. Also, when reporting cops, be able to report cops who already have someone pulled over versus cops running a speed trap.
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alex dunn
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Saw a recent video where someone ran over a pallet in the road... 1 second after hitting the pallet you can hear waze alert about the road hazard...
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Rarebit
commented
Only problem I see is that it will make reporting a lot more complex.
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Anonymous
commented
Given I am a user
When I post for instance a police control,
Then I can choose distance from me when posting - for instance - 500 meters behind on current route, 1000 meters behind on current route. The reason being that its often very hard to do a post just at the moment you see the "problem". And placing it on the map is hard when driving. -
FoxStang
commented
The distance for all alerts should be individually adjustable from 0-5 miles in .25 mile increments through a settings panel, as well as a customizable repeat notification as the user gets closer to the marked alert. There should also be an option to disable certain alert types entirely. This would greatly enhance the functionality of the app by allowing each Waze user to decide what alerts they want to prioritize, so that important warnings like road debris or police spotted can be properly elevated above less critical warnings such as vehicles stopped on the shoulder.
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pipinos1976
commented
With the new laser guns used that can clock your speed at distances over 3/4 of a mile the alerts should be user selected.