Add report road closure to CarPlay
Tried to report two road closures on my commute recently, couldn’t find the option on Apple CarPlay! I ended up reporting a map issue since it was the only option I could find that made sense, but the report was rejected and I was told to use the closure feature on my phone Waze app instead. Please add this feature to CarPlay - Waze CarPlay users cannot switch to their phones to do this safely!
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Christopher Cortez commented
This Definitely should be a feature! Maybe make it a timed event, guaranteeing that it's applied during correct times or days. last night there was a closure of a major interchange heading a certain direction on a freeway. While waze said it was a quick navigation, people had reported lane closures, construction and emergency vehicles in that area as no one could say the interchange was closed until 4am, and that would help Waze to find alternate routes. Instead as you passed the interchange, Waze had to get off at the next exit, and get back on in the opposite direction to the interchange that was also closed off in the direction. I huge cluster mess....
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Afonso Infante commented
This is becoming a major major issue -- 90%+ of people are using CarPlay and Android Auto to access Waze, and we had a big example of the lack of this feature becoming an issue just this Saturday in San Francisco: there were multiple unexpected road closures due to the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and literally no users were reporting the road closures because everyone was on CarPlay and Android Auto, so Waze kept sending people to road closures. Even 4 hours into it I didn't see any correctly reported road closures in San Francisco... I was told that part of the problem is Apple CarPlay limits the number of different interactions you can have -- I'd say this one is SO important it should immediately replace one of the existing ones...
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Seamus Hanrahan commented
Unexpected road closures are really disruptive. Letting users report in real time would be so much better for everyone so that we can keep each other informed and up to date. This has been being requested for a long time.
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Matthew Baran commented
Also why is this starting over from the 2019 post, why would it have been closed unless it was added, which it clearly was not.
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Matthew Baran commented
This is a no brainer Waze. Please add this feature better UX
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Dean Stickells commented
This ability to mark road closures is the only real featurestetting Waze apart from other apps but since "upgrading" to carplay and losing this critical feature (especially where I live) means that I might as well make the switch to Apple maps or Google maps. Very disappointing 😕
I also second other posts asking why the 2019 request is no longer accepting votes ??
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Scheurneus commented
The previous post is started in 2019, this option still does not exist. Why is this being ignored? There is room enough on the screen and also there are other options way less useful on the "report issue" screen.
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James MacDonald commented
A lot of road closures in the area recently. I had to disconnect carplay because it kept trying to direct me back through closed roads.
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amd0921@gmail.com commented
I can’t for the life of me figure out why this exists in the app when just using my phone but is completely inaccessible when using CarPlay. You can select a lane closure, but I am consistently driving around Brooklyn, NY and because of a street fair or construction, entire roads will be blocked, sometimes for the day, sometimes for a few hours. If I disconnect from CarPlay, I can report it as such, but while using CarPlay, I can’t. I’m certainly not going to disconnect while I’m driving. This seems like a major issue, especially since when I’m unable to report why I d didn’t continue on the route, most of the time, Waze just tries to get me back to the route instead of looking no for a way around, and that basically makes Waze completely unusable until it decides to catch up because I’m moving further away by the second.
I’ve seen something people write that it’s a limitation set by Apple with CarPlay, but that makes absolutely no sense since it’s already a function in the iOS app, and you can report everything else, including lane closures. What’s the deal? -
Amy Rook commented
I live in Pennsylvania where the 5th season is Road Work & having the road closure option on CarPlay is essential especially when one pops up out of the blue.
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Jeff Lewis commented
This would be a huge benefit. There is ongoing construction issues in my area daily and every weekend and waze does not give good directions because road closures cannot be reported.