Feature suggestion: AI-Based Wildlife Risk Alerts

I would like to suggest a new road safety feature for Waze: automatically identifying and warning drivers about roads with a high risk of wildlife crossings.

The idea is to use crowdsourced data from Waze users who report wild animals near or on roads, including deer, wild boar and other wildlife.

Instead of displaying only temporary reports, Waze could analyse accumulated data over time to identify high-risk road segments. The system could consider the frequency and location of reports, time of day, season and historical patterns.

When approaching a high-risk segment, drivers would receive an early warning such as:

“Caution: Increased wildlife activity ahead.”

The alerts could be dynamic, appearing only when the data indicates an elevated risk, for example during dawn, dusk or seasonal periods of increased animal movement.

To improve reliability, the system could use a confidence threshold and regularly update risk levels as new reports arrive.

This feature could help prevent wildlife collisions, protect drivers and passengers, reduce vehicle damage and save animal lives.

Rather than simply reporting an animal after it has been spotted, Waze could use its community-driven data to predict where drivers should be especially careful before an incident occurs.

I believe this would be a valuable addition to Waze’s road safety features, especially in rural areas and forested regions across Europe.