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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GeoMeThis commented
This should also adopt API to collect reports from proven functional radar detectors (all one of the brands)
There are several groups for reporting speed traps; those equating fuel efficiency with 80+ mph and safety with less than 8 mph. Until radar jamming ceases to be a felony
waze could be a technological advantage against tyranny or fascism
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Cody commented
Bring back 1 mile notification for cops!!! 0.3 miles is too close. Especially on straight roads. Their radar gun can reach that far. Also people are sometimes late marking them making it even less than 0.3 miles before actual warning on screen.
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Anonymous commented
I need more time to confirm or "not there" hazards, police, etc. Why not 30 sec? There have been a few times when I pressed "not there" only to find that the hazard was just a little further down the road.
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Anonymous commented
When the "not there" option pops up for hazards and police it often disappears before I arrive to where it should be so you aren't able to click 'not there' by the time you reach the mark. It should remain on the screen longer or be a clickable option when you open the hazard or police reporting.
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Nokanhui commented
500 mètres de distance avant un radar sur autoroute, c est trop court. Comment passer à 1.000 mètres ? Ou alors à quand la possibilité de la paramétrer nous même. Merci beaucoup.
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Caio caio commented
An option to choose when an Speed Cams (Radar) Report should appear, at "X" distance. This is very usefull and I don't know why it doesn't let us to chose at "x" distance from the Speed Cam we should be warned. Really 300Meters from the Speed Cam its so far. Let us decide them.
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Victor Plyshevsky commented
I noticed that while it displays the distance to the road hazard or Police presence in feet (in USA), the real distance are much farther, approximately 3 times farther. That makes me think that numbers are in meters, though shown as feet.
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Sage commented
I would also like to see an adjustable reporting distance for _all_ hazards. Alternatively, send a reminder notification when the hazard or police location is very close. Presently, I may be notified over a mile away of a road hazard and completely forget about it by the time I've arrived at its location.
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Chris commented
I would like it if there were a way to adjust how far ahead the app alerts you of road conditions such as accidents, police, traffic, etc. some people hit the button far beyond the incident
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not device's person commented
[ speeding is not synonymous with wreckless driving ]
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not device's person commented
also allow one to set a report delay handicap
if one's report typically shows 15 seconds (of traveling speed) after location waze should adjust where report peg is set (back in route that distance)
it's a bummer to be notified about officer ahead AFTER passing officer
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not device's person commented
provide existing report radius feature for police reporting distance
(advanced settings area, or enabling a waze expert mode to show many more options to avoid confusing sheeple)
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Craig C Chen commented
It could also be, it just got reported so that may also be a cause too.
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Craig C Chen commented
I think it already does that. i know I have been warned about 1000 feet or more coming to it. At least that's what it does on my Android.
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Sean commented
Alternate suggestion: Stop speeding and putting people's lives in danger.
Just a wacky idea.
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Amerist commented
Just look at the map. If you're speeding and worried about getting caught, zoom out on the map to see farther ahead and the little policeman heads will show up.
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Keith Henderson commented
Similar to how the zoom is variable based upon speed, I would like to see the notification distance for hazards/slow downs/etc. be variable. The faster you are traveling, the further ahead the app would notify you.
When traveling at, say 35 MPH, 600 feet is probably adequate for most alerts. When traveling at 65-70 MPH, you will fly by the hazard before Waze can get the alert spoken.
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Kent Smith commented
Yes I agree this would be good. I feel like I have too short a time to look for the object/item and then respond before it disappears from the screen.
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Simon commented
Add a screen in parameters to set different warning distances such as instruction, police, hazard, camera...
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Waveguider commented
Leave the Not here and thumbs up longer. I sometimes click one or the other only to see the car on the side of the road a few feet further o