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
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.
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Anonymous commented
When will this be available?
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Patrick commented
Les distances d’alertes sont beaucoup trop courtes ! Il faut avertir des obstacles au moins 3 km en avance pour ce qui est des autoroutes. S’inspirer des distance d’alerte du coyote par exemple. Merci.
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Anonymous commented
upvote other similar requests - search on "alert distance"
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Bright in here commented
Waze currently ignores changes to the configuration files [on android]
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Anonymous commented
I most certainly agree!! Longer range required.
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Anonymous commented
I agree. This setting should have a default, 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. Excellent suggestion.
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Anonymous commented
At freeway speeds, some alerts come too late to be of use. This is especially a problem for those of us who can not monitor the map screen and rely solely on audio prompts
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Anonymous commented
Try just following the laws of the road and you won't have to worry about this.
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Anonymous commented
For the love of God, YES!!
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Sarah Larara commented
This is probably because of their lawsuit
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Anonymous commented
This needs to have a default setting and a user defined setting then everyone is happy. Also noticed that some fixed camera locations are not reported by the alerting function (only user reported).
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Anonymous commented
After distance has been changed I have four speed trap tickets. I want back old distance.
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Frank commented
Law enforcement cannot speeders at detect 1-2 miles out without aircraft. People can't see on a flat surface that far and police need to be able to see the vehicle to identify it. 600 feet is an unrealistic warning. However I find this is related to when a Waze user reports the location. I have found the warning quire adequate, Plus, you can see it on the display far ahead of when the audible notification is made.
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Anonymous commented
Give us the option to take police warnings out to about 3 miles