EVERY state in the US has a law that requires motorists to act accordingly when approaching a stopped evergency vehicle on the highway to reduce the risk of hitting the stop vehicle or personnel working outside of their vehicle. The laws are commonly referred to “Slow Down Move Over” laws. Although there is an option in Waze to report police or a stopped vehicle in general, adding an option for a stopped emergency vehicle with a voice alert of “Watch out, emergency vehicle stopped ahead, slow down or move over 1 lane when approaching and passing” will further help educate drivers about the existence of the law and how to abide by it. The alert for police reports is “Police reported ahead” or for a general stopped vehicle “watch out vehicle stopped ahead”. Why not utilize the existing technology and features of Waze to spread the awareness of a commonly misunderstood law that results in many first responders and highway workers being struck, injured or killed every year. It can be easily implemented and will result in saving countless lives while providing an excellent learning opportunity for motorists.

This would be most useful if you witnessed the accident or came upon it fresh after it happened or even an accident in the middle of the night on a dark road.

Imagine if Police, Firemen, EMTs etc. Could register (with proof) through Waze App or Waze.com. Then say there is a car accident, a Wazer could report through the "Hazard" menu: "Car Accident", then rate the severity of accident such as: "Fender Bender", "Collision", "Wreck" and (if severe enough) "Emergency"(or similar terms)(also an option to add notes if needed). Then a special alert will go out to the Wazers that registered (sort of like an Ad but with maybe a vibrations and alert tones) to notify them that there is a situaton that may require their services until the authorities arrive. It would also give them information such as: distance to incident, time till arrival, and the option to drive there. This could be used so off duty medical personnel who just happen to be passing by could offer their expertise. This could save many lives if implemented

With an addition of a speed warning. Australia requires a 40kph limit when passing.

I would Like to see a hazard alert for Emergency scenes. One were the emergency is on the road and the road is closed by the fire dep or police and other one for emergency scene on shoulder. We all come across roads that are closed because of fire dep or police responding to a call. It would be nice to know the road ahead is closed due to an emergency services call or that they are working on the shoulder on a call.

Please add an option to report approaching emergency vehicles without reporting an accident. I've reported them as a "Hazard: Object on Road" but that probably doesn't do much good for Wazers ahead of me. Thanks!