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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Andy commented
If you can't see the speed trap you're probably going too fast. You should drive to your own limits not the vehicles limits.
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Yardbird commented
As others said: Allow it to be user defined, and give the user the ability to set a variable tracking feature related to the speed at which s/he is travelling.
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Anonymous commented
Agreed I have also suggested something similar being about to set your own and also incremental ones so it warns you say 1 mile ahead, 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile etc
https://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-waze-suggestion-box/suggestions/42566647-custom-alert-distance -
Anonymous commented
could there be an option for custom distances for the warning of police, speed cameras and hazards etc and have the option for multiple incremental warnings
For example if your are on a road and that road has police reported 1 mile ahead have the audible warning at 1 mile, again at half a mile and at 1/4 mile
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Anonymous commented
This would help a lot
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Anonymous commented
I suggest a feature. Choose the distance that the WAZE would alert the user, as today it is fixed at 500 meters before the "object". You could also have an alert, like a beep, before the voice, to get more attention.
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David commented
Would be awesome to be able to set the police reported ahead distance 👍
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Mike L commented
Please increase the distance to at least a mile - also the icon needs to be more visible, the blue police icon is on a blue road - please deconflict the colours.
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Gideon Beemster commented
In this case I think its more accurate to help other wazers with not only to report a speedcheck but also to be able to set a distance to it because in some cases we are moving further away from it. So report, set distance easy with 3 options, say minus 50-100-200m (city, local, highway)
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tech labs commented
hi
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Ed Dougherty, Philadelphia commented
I'm on the side of life, safety, continued good health, at all times, but Lee Sprague offers a cogent Big Picture argument that doesn't compromise any of those wishes while making the case for slightly better warnings here. The core of his argument is to curb screen time, AND to adapt to real world road conditions. The safest speeds? Always. But realism about today's road conditions, and perhaps all the moreso in a COVID context, where there are a lot of open roads out there. Upvoting Lee's point.
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Lee Sprague commented
I don't want to zoom out and have to watch my screen. That's less safe than speeding. Alerts also include other important things, like debris on road, potholes, cars on shoulder. So making the distance alert customizable helps keep our eyes on the road and more alert earlier to be able to react. It's a simple request and feature. Anyone latched onto this being a speeding issue by telling commenters here to slow down and that asking for this is unnecessary isn't grasping the big picture. Please let us set alerts for farther distances (1 mile, 2 miles...)
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Anonymous commented
It’s right and the same increase timr should be applied to report.
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Anonymous commented
Hi, can we increase the distance of a police alert. Mine is set at 0.2 miles which is not enough if they have radar guns they have got you before you know they're there.
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Anonymous commented
Radars hit with a laser for 1.5 km. The navigator warns too late. It is necessary to give a warning about the radar for 1.5 / 2 km, so that the driver has time to equalize the speed. And it also concerns warnings about the police, they are too late now.
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Rohn DeSilva commented
If you are using Waze to avoid speeding tickets, forget it. Most experienced driver use Waze and good radar detector in tandem, Even this might not help if you come across officer using Instant On. So pay attention.
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Jason Merrell commented
Yes please, many valleys can easily be over a half-mile wide, and you can get LIDARed easily from that range. Give us time to slow down, please.
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Carrie Sue Ransome commented
If you put so much attention in avoiding a ticket, why can't we get more attention that could save a life. Please add the Slow Down and Move Over!!!
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Kel commented
I get Police alerts generally at the Half Mile range (2600 feet) just like I do for all other alerts.
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Anonymous commented
It would be nice if there was a distance marker, like the concentric circles on radars in movies, that shows how far away an icon is. When I'm driving on the highway in the middle of nowhere, there's nothing that lets me judge the distance to an alert. I can't tell if the icon is a mile away or 5 miles away. Concentric circles around the car every 1/4 mile, for example, would fix this.