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Avoid a specific road

I've seen a number of posts regarding this, and myself have wanted this on various occasions for a number of different reasons. The alternatives (avoid highway, avoid toll, avoid dirt) are useful in many cases, but there are also many cases where they simply don't serve the actual need.

For example, this reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/waze/comments/6vfd6m/can_i_stop_waze_from_rerouting_or_select_a/) is from a user that wants to specifically avoid the Capital Beltway (I-495). Not because it's a highway, and not because of a perceived inability for Waze to determine traffic, but just as a personal preference. As another example, sometimes when driving through D.C. or Baltimore, I find myself wanting to avoid certain local roads at night time, specifically ones where the street lights are not working. There are many personal preference reasons one might have to want to avoid a specific road! And hearing things like "you can use this other option" is usually not helpful, because the asker of the question has already explored the menu and found those options!

There are a couple ways this could be presented to the user. In the settings menu, I could see a list of roads you want to avoid, and a button to add a road, which takes you to the map, possible with a search option. Maybe when navigating the map normally, one of the things a long-press gets you is the ability to mark a road to avoid. Maybe when you are presented with a list of directions, you can swipe away a turn to indicate you don't want to go onto that road, and you're then asked "this trip only / this and all future trips?"

This is getting long-winded. It suffices to say I've thought about this a lot and would like to see this feature. Thanks for reading.

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  • Tony Sidnell commented  ·   ·  Report

    This morning I was routed through an extremely dangerous area and was extremely on edge. I was routed through certain areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. For the local population this may be the norm, but as an elderly Caucasian or should it have a Caucasian female, this route is extremely dangerous. The chance of attack or hijacking is extremely high. Furthermore traffic rules are not adhered to, and driving itself is extremely hazardous and the chance of an accident is extremely high. Should the latter happen, the risk of violence, high jacking and robbery is greatly increased. There are no traffic lights at intersections as they have been cut down as perpetrators steal the copper cables. I am extremely nervous and concerned should my wife use Waze. Is there a way that I can program “no go” areas in the App?

  • Gladiotor commented  ·   ·  Report

    It'd be awesome if it could avoid speed cameras, always having to check my speed, that I'm not going a mile over the limit, some streets that have changed from a 40 to 30, when it should be a 40, easy to forget it's now a 40mph road. So avoiding speed limit routes (only where possible) would be awesome.

  • Marcelo commented  ·   ·  Report

    Poder elegir al igual que evitar peajes, poder evitar otras vías como la M-30

  • Thibault commented  ·   ·  Report

    Bonjour, j’aimerais pouvoir interdire à Waze de me faire passer par certaines intersections. Il y a des intersections dans ma ville par lequel je n’aime pas passer. Ca pourrait être intéressant de pouvoir en interdire en les sélectionnant.
    Cdt Thibault.

  • Caro commented  ·   ·  Report

    In Europe certain roads are not allowed to certain type of cars. So this would totally be recommended
    Some people use the “motorbike” function but this is not enough…

  • Kimberly Kline Walsh commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is an awesome feature suggestion. There are certain roads around me that are experiencing high rates of crime that I would like to avoid and be routed a different way.

  • Robert Ng commented  ·   ·  Report

    it keeps trying to force me onto Angeles Forest, that road is a two lane deathtrap through the mountains and when there is a rockslide or some other issue blocking the road no one on waze can report it as there is no cell coverage up there... sure its the fastest way to get from Palmdale to downtown LA but it is also unreasonably dangerous, and even when i use "other routes" it just finds other ways to route me onto Angeles forest... years back waze sent me up there and directly into a forest fire... this needs to be addressed.

  • Don Christian commented  ·   ·  Report

    really that doesn't fit on your roadmap but keep it in mind?
    What kind of Avoiding tactic is that?
    by the way i have avoid unpaved roads checked and seems it doesn't know that Waze doesn't know that the following streets are unpaved LOL

    (1) NW 20th Terrace
    Brooker, FL 32622

    (2) Northwest 22nd Terrace, Brooker, FL

    (3) Nw 208th ln Brooker,FL

    Please Mark them streets as unpaved...

  • Don Christian commented  ·   ·  Report

    really that doesn't fit on your roadmap but keep it in mind?
    What kind of Avoiding tactic is that?
    by the way i have avoid unpaved roads checked and seems that Waze doesn't know that the following streets are unpaved..
    And one of them is about 1.5 miles long

    (1) NW 20th Terrace
    Brooker, FL 32622

    (2) Northwest 22nd Terrace, Brooker, FL

    (3) Nw 208th ln Brooker,FL

    Please Mark them streets as unpaved...

  • Brad Hubbard commented  ·   ·  Report

    That's a very disappointing response. This would be a much more useful enhancement than cartoon icons and **** like that.

  • Brent commented  ·   ·  Report

    Driving from Los Angeles to the Antelope Valley, Waze often routes you on Angeles Crest Highway through the mountains. This is very dangerous. 26 miles of windy mountain roads and aggressive drivers passing on curves. My wife gets sick driving on it. We want to block it permanently. Safer routes are usually only a few minutes slower, but often they are actually faster. Sometimes when I try to pick an alternate route Waze gives me 3 routes to get on Angeles Crest highway. ugh. Otherwise the app is fantastic.

  • Zoltán Rajowski commented  ·   ·  Report

    More specifically avoid a section of a road from a given direction.or better set a penalty of x minutes if routing this way
    Eg Waze very often tries to route me in the mornings on a narrow 2 way street with lots of illegally parked cars blocking a complete lane and high volume contraflow traffic. Trying to get passed this section is appx. 6 extra minutes compared to the calculation of Waze. Everyone who is aware of the situation avoids this street from one direction.

  • Joe Asher commented  ·   ·  Report

    For goodness sake Waze, that's a terrible response... Make it part of your "roadmap". This is something that affects millions upon millions of your users every day and it's annoying as ****. Some roads need avoiding.

  • Odile Mennear commented  ·   ·  Report

    Avoid Burrard road nw6 1dd London , turning into Burrard road make the journey actually longer. It is a very narrow road 2 way road Big trucks are now using it too now. It is so chaotic.

  • Mikael Hellqvist commented  ·   ·  Report

    Where I live there are certain roads where studded tires are prohibited. It would be great if these easily could be excluded.

  • Doug commented  ·   ·  Report

    Every time I go back to my parents house, both Waze and Google maps try to take me off the highway and down a country road which you can't do the speed limit, 1 way sections, Bridges that flood and unfenced cows. No map currently offers this feature. I think it would be a big selling point to move over from Google maps.

  • John Hurst commented  ·   ·  Report

    On my commute, there is a road that cuts diagonally through Phoenix (Grand Ave) that looks like it would be a great route to take. Wave thinks so too. In fact, it is a great route... unless a train is nearby -- in which case entire intersections are stopped. So, free-flowing traffic can, in an instant, turn into a 15 minute (or longer) delay with no notice.

  • julio cesar commented  ·   ·  Report

    I whant the feature because the app aways senda me to a high accident rate highway and o want tô avoid It

  • Narmo F. commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello,
    to improve waze, it would be ideal to have the possibility of choosing or not a new route proposed because of traffic jams or any other event with to help us in the choice, the difference between time and kilometers between the initial route and the one proposed. Thanks

    Bonjour, pour améliorer waze, ce serait idéal d'avoir la possibilité de choisir ou pas un nouvel itinéraire proposé à cause d'embouteillage ou tout autre évènement avec pour nous aider dans le choix, la différence entre de temps et de kilomètres entre l' itinéraire initial et celui proposé. Merci

    Hola, para mejorar waze, seria ideal tener la posibilidad de elegir o no una nueva ruta propuesta por atascos o cualquier otro evento con para ayudarnos en la elección, la diferencia de tiempo y kilómetros entre la ruta inicial y la uno propuso. Gracias

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