Hello everyone,

Context: I was driving in fog today. There was many fog warnings from Waze giving me the impression that there was many users on the road.

My idea: what if an alert gets generated of a multi car pill up when multiple user's speed goes to 0 in a 50-200m stretch. This would give a warning to cars behind to slow down due to a pill up (multi car accident).

I think the logic could be that if a number of user's speed is 0 on a controlled access road (freeway).

If only one user is stopped... This could be also a auto generated stopped car alert.

Thanks for the consideration.

Cheers,

Skinnythor77

Several others have posted asking for low visibility and the admin is saying that unplowed road has been added. That is NOT the same thing. Both last and this morning I’ve been slowed to 35-45 mph by blowing snow on plowed roads. The roads aren’t blocked but there are patches of almost zero visibility. A Wazer in France posted about rain causing the same issue. Please add low visibility as well as the unplowed roads.

The map needs to alert to requirements for snow chains and high wind advisory

Would love this with an alert of changes in road conditions. Maybe not a full overlay but at least a voice alert of current weather conditions/road conditions. Other car GPS's have this feature (wind alert, severe thunderstorm, etc. ).

I humbly agree. Here in the US, I'm from New England and we have very bad roads in winter. Think sharp turns on steeply inclined hills. If Waze can create the same algorithem for reporting traffic back ups and use it to isntead report roads unsafe due to ice, flooding, broken trees or rain water, it'd be so much safer for us.

I think this idea can really help drivers stay safe during bad weather. In New England alone, the roads here are already liters with blindspots and sharp inclines, declines and turns. Any help Waze can give to help us stay safe when roads are not in ideal condition could see massive improvements for drivers.

Good Morning!

I am a resident of New Hampshire, life long, and have been driving in New Hampshire for about 8 years now. In New Hampshire, and most of New England, we have many roads that climb up and down steep hills, take sharp turns, and are generally safe in most weather conditions. However, the way these roads are built menas that during hazardous weather conditions such as rain, sleet, snow, and ice, drivers are more likely to experience difficultly driving or possibly getting into an accdeint. This is increased when drivers unfamiliar with an area or road are trying to drive in and are unaware of the roads they are about to traverse on, which locals may already be knowledgable of and avoid.

I propose a new function in Waze to help with this issue, called Hazarderous Road. In the evnt of incliment weather, a waze user can access Waze and section off a portion of road or an entire road that can be dangerous in bad weather. For example, if there is a section of road that is known for being prone to black ice, a wazer can mark that section and add a warning for other drivers to be caution. Another example is if a road inclines or declines sharply, it can be marked so drivers know to slow down and mind thier distance between each other. Waze's map doesn't include elevations of the land for simplicity reasons, which is fair, but this can blindside new drivers who aren't expecting to climb hills during thier journey's.

Waze already has the technology to mark portions of roads. We see these in traffic jams where Wazers can report traffic flare ups on highways, roads and back streets and mark from end to end where the jams are. This would be the same algorithm for a different purpose. It can also help drivers who are unfamiliar with areas they are going to so they can stay safe and be prepared if thier route takes them to a place where roads conditions aren't ideal due to bad weather.

I think this new idea can help people avoid black ice, flooded areas, and help everyone stay safe when Mother Nature decides to kick it up a notch. Please consider it in future updates.

Thank you,

Megan

All caravanners would appreciate this. Nearly burned my brakes out descending a mountain in Austria. Quite scary. Smoke coming from wheels. Was very lucky to find a stopping point to rest a while and cool it down.

I have the latest version and do not have rain or snow as an option. Today would have been the perfect day to use it too as Fog, Ice, or Unplowed Road weren't applicable to what was happening. One moment you could see and the next, it was blinding snow to the point that tail lights were difficult to see and almost every vehicle put their hazards on to try to make themselves more visible.

When fog warning is up, no car along the side of the road warning comes up. It is not like I can avoid the fog, but I do need to avoid the vehicles on the side of the road or I might die! Get rid of the fog warnings! They are dangerous when preventing other warnings

I would like to seriously suggest removing fog warnings from your system. I have had more than five times where the fog warning is up, and I pass a vehicle on the side of the road that I was not alerted to avoid because the fog warning was up. This is very dangerous. It’s not like I can avoid the fog anyway, but I need to avoid the vehicles on the side of the road because they could kill me if I drift just a little off the road and slam into them. Please remove the fog warnings.

This has sat here for some time now. To answer another persons comments about it turning into a "swiss knife".. Yeah, weather is also critical to driving choices. prepping for a heavy rain wouldnt hurt. it gives people time to slow down and get headlights on or even avoid the area if they are driving a convertible, motorcycle, or something else that would get hurt if wet.

177 votes and still not implemented in the past 10 years since the OP request @waze please pay attention

10 years and no action on this? Who ever implements this will control the gps nav market.

Add severe weather alerts and live radio overlay.

This idea is from 2012 and is almost 10 years old and it has not been implemented yet? What are we doing Waze?

This needs to be an option on Waze ASAP!!

We can report roadkill but can't see the weather in real-time.

Have a real-time weather overlay you can opt to turn on or turn off. This will help others see the weather ahead of their planned route. Let's make this happen Waze!

Excellent Idea !

Still not available on the latest Waze/Android app
4.84.02

Hazard > Weather shows Fog, Hail, Flood, Ice on Road, or Unplowed road.
NO "Rain or Snow"

Are you using an unreleased Beta?