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Warning: Vehicle stopped on shoulder ahead

Disable warnings for vehicles on shoulder. In high density areas there is always a vehicle on the shoulder. To the point that it will stop my internet radio every 5 minutes for another warning. This is especially annoying when the vehicle is 30 feet off the road and NOT a hazard. Yes, you can click "not there", but that in itself is a hazard every 5 minutes to click it off. It's a nuisance, a danger, and just not useful for many.

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  • David Gronbach commented  ·   ·  Report

    You marked this as resolved but the only thing available in my "Alerts & Reports" are speedometer and speeding alerts.

  • Rahman commented  ·   ·  Report

    It is 100% intentional that this has not been added. Given that this exact thing is the cause of the majority of the people who stop using the app to do so- you'd think they would have fixed it by now!

    I stopped using Waze for anything other than periodic use about a week after I got it; had they fixed this ridiculous shortcoming I would drive with it every day, all the time.

  • Mike commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agree give me the ability to choose to turn this annoying alert off

  • Eric Heitzman commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'll bet this doesn't get many votes, because it's soooo annoying that people literally stop using the app and never use it again.

  • Todd Stancil commented  ·   ·  Report

    If there is a way to do this I apologize but I would love to be able to disable the "vehicle stopped on shoulder ahead" warning. I don't know if it's where I live but there are cars always stopped on the shoulder. I'll be trying to listen to a podcast but I get that warning every 30 seconds or so and even sometimes when the stopped car is on the other side of the interstate. I end up having to turn off Waze to stop the constant interruptions.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    100% Agree!!
    In addition to have the ability to select alert notification individually would be great!

  • Jay commented  ·   ·  Report

    Not only are these annoying, the voice is startling "Watch Out!". Can this not be something simple like "Hazard reported on side of road"? Even the Police alert is softer than this and I care more about that.

    I would like to be able to turn this alert off altogether, however.

  • Rarebit commented  ·   ·  Report

    Search on in the box on the right side for "car stopped on shoulder", and also vote for that one... it already has more votes, and is almost in the top 10 of most requested features.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I see that this is from 2013. Does anyone know why this feature hasn't been added? Seems like a no brainer.

  • Alan Green commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am not interested in cars on shoulders; it's a needless distraction.

  • Kent Smith commented  ·   ·  Report

    If you agree with this idea, consider up voting this similar suggestion with many more votes already. Search for:

    Please provide an option to turn off the "car stopped on shoulder" warning.

    Select the top entry with that same title and up vote it. (Links are not allowed in Uservoice, so I cannot post the link directly.)

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Seriously. There needs to be some way to stop this insane vehicle stopped on shoulder alert. Maybe if Waze stopped giving points to people marking vehicles on the shoulder, it would cease to be a issue. Until then, I just have to shut Waze down because I get so tired of getting that same notification over and over and over for stuff that doesn't impact me whatsoever. Enough, Waze. Listen!

  • John Frazier commented  ·   ·  Report

    I AGREE !! Not helpful at all. Why in the world can't I just turn off the notification for cars on the side of the road? I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. Waze, please allow me to turn off this "feature".

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes - please allow us to disable this warning. It is extremely annoying and disruptive to what is otherwise a great service.

  • BigDanInTX commented  ·   ·  Report

    We really need the ability to filter what alerts to be made aware of. Weather and things on the shoulders do not concern me most of the time.

    I would also like to see the ability to have different audio levels for turn-by-turn directions and alerts. I should be able to have alerts be audible and keep directions muted if I choose to.

  • cantwell3d commented  ·   ·  Report

    Waze mutes my radio too many times to tell me there is a vehicle stopped on the shoulder. Wish I could find the kids who think this is important to report

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Could not agree more! This is by far the biggest bug in Waze and a huge distraction while driving.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please offer this feature. I drive about 100 miles round trip everyday on the freeways in Southern California. I get this alert about 40 times per day.

    It is incredibly annoying. It is also pretty useless. It constantly draws my attention away from the road for something that is about 5 lanes away and nobody cares about.

    The only reason so, so many people report it is because they get points for reporting things.

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