Enable audio alert for speed cams regardless of the speed.
Waze currently only triggers audio alerts about speed cams when the driver is above the speed limit of the specific cam.
Since the speed detection on Waze is very flawed (at least here in Brazil/Rio de Janeiro), and not all cams have their speed limit properly set, it would be MUCH better if Waze triggered it's audible alert for speed cams independently of the fact that the driver may be above or below the limit of the cam.
Thank you.
And keep up the good work!

Great news! The audio alert for speed camera regardless of the speed is now available in Waze. Install the latest app version to check it out.
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ItsJustHerb commented
Speed and Red light cameras are illegal here in California, so this debate is moot!
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Noli commented
Agree with this. There should at least be an *option* you can toggle on to have all speed cameras always trigger an audio alert, even if you are under the speed limit - even if this option is off by default.
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Timothy Rowe commented
This is critical for me; I do my best to never speed. But sometimes speed creeps up on you and you don't even realise. I have Waze set to beep as soon as I hit the speed limit but fear that the speed may creep over just before a camera. I would like a warning regardless of the speed Im travelling.
We also have speed camera in locations with variable speed limits depending on the time of day so you can easily be caught out with no audible cues at all.
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Jorge Rapetti commented
Deberia ser configurable, asi se ajusta a las necesidades de todos. De la misma forma que el limite de velocidad es configurable, las barreras de tren, etc. Por favor den respuesta a este tema que es muy util, es mas util que otras cosas que ya estan incorporadas.
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Ian Jackson commented
I was fined for speeding. Waze didn't alert me because I was going under the limit but speeded up at that last second. If there had been an audible alert, I would have known the camera was there. My level is "Royalty Wazer" as I've been using Waze for 10 years (got 360k points, so I have always been an active user) and I'm going to have to use a competitor until this is fixed.
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Ivan commented
COINCIDO! Y Alerta por 2 vías: SONORA y VISUAL.
PUBLIQUE ESTA SUGERENCIA HACER VARIOS MESES:
Aviso SONORO y VISUAL 500 mts antes del radar (INDEPENDIENTEMENTE de la velocidad a la que esté circulando)Estimados. Ante todo soy un fanático del Waze. Lo uso desde que me subo al auto, haga 100 km o 15 cuadras, a veces para llegar a destino, pero SIEMPRE para detectar con la intención de anticiparme a los radares de velocidad y la foto multas
Paso a describir lo que pienso y mi pedido, si fuese posible:
En mi caso llevo el celular en el centro del tablero (a la derecha del volante) pegado a un imán.
Creo que WAZE es muy bueno en muchísimas cosas, y tiene tantas configuraciones para que cada usuario setee a su gusto, que me llama mucho la atención que no esté aún la opción/función que propongo a continuación
Me refiero a la alarma SONORA y a al DESTELLO para detección VISUAL
La alarma sonora funciona (o avisa) 500 mts antes del radar, pero SOLO si en esos 500 mts antes estoy yendo a una velocidad superior a la permitida por el radar que se encuentra 500 mts más adelante. Vivo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, está lleno de radares por todos lados (y muchos de ellos bastante ridículos en su pretensión de velocidad máxima. Es decir, que sin ser un loco al volante, es muy fácil superar esa velocidad máxima (p ej 60 km/h).)
Entonces, básicamente, mis propuestas son 2 para esta misma temática
1- Que el aviso o alarma sonora SUENE esos 500 mts antes, vaya uno por arriba O POR DEBAJO de la velocidad máxima permitida. Que avise SIEMPRE. O por lo menos me den la opción de elegir esa función cuando uno setea las configuraciones del WAZE
2- Y la alarma visual. Que en esos 500 mts salte un cartel MAS VISUAL (recuerdo que tengo el cel a la derecha del volante, al igual que muchos, entonces uno no conduce mirando en la misma línea donde esta el celular. Y el cartel actual que muestra (porque sí muestra un cartel) es MUY PEQUEÑO y sin llamar mucho la atención. Me encantaría que titile en rojo todo el celular p ej, que no haya forma de no poder verlo.Me pasó muchísimas veces de ver el cartel CAMARA DE VELOCIDAD una vez que lo pasé, siendo ya tarde y acumulando algunas multas en mi haber. Aunque a su vez debo haberme ahorrado una buena cantidad de pesos gracias al WAZE. Asi que es solo eso, una propuesta de mejora o que le den a los usuarios esa posibilidad de configuración. Muchas gracias.
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Filip Baverstock commented
Tbh I don't want the beeps but I would like for the app to tell me about speed cameras even when I am not over the limit, because I might soon well be!
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francrubio commented
If i'm not wrong this is implemented but it depends on how the local community asked the Staff to configure the alerts for that specific country.
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Vitor Hugo commented
Sugestão: Notificar por voz quando houver aproximação de radar de velocidade em qualquer velocidade no momento.
Quando estamos em velocidade abaixo do permitido, somente mostra na rela o radar, mas notifica por voz, porém nessa distância até o radar existe a possibilidade de aumentar a velocidade e não ser percebida pela usuário o radar próximo. -
Raj commented
audible alert in the vicinity of speed camera.
I know waze does visual alert but what is the point of it without audible alert? hope waze is not expecting user to take their eyes off the road and keep staring at the screen for the visual clues, is it? -
V commented
Fixed speed cameras are only shown on the screen and the driver doesn't get an alert. This forces the drivers to look at the phone screen regularly by taking the eyes off the road. So, please activate voice warnings for fixed speed cameras too.
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Eugenio Thomas commented
The alert for speed cameras (but also for traffic light cameras) should always be acoustic as well, and not only if the speed limit is exceeded.
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Joker commented
Speed Camera Alert should have voiced alert all the time regardless of current speed
It is of important of users to have alert regardless of the current speed as current speed meter might not be accurate all the time and visual of the map might not be possible all the time. It’s of important to have it as an option for users to know there is a speed camera upcoming no matter the current speed is
Please consider the suggestion of adding as an option. Hugely appreciate that.
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Andy S. commented
In the UK, the the smart motorway camera are routinely set to 40mph (sometimes lower)but a camera alert isn’t given as the app has the speed limit at 70mph
If the speed camera limit was set to 0mph then it would give an alert at any speed
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DJ TurntablesTillTheEnd commented
Got a violation on 400 BLK HARLEM LN SB, Catonsville MD 21228. Waze ONLY SHOWS THE North Bound Camera. THE SOUTH BOUND CAMERA IS NOT SHOWN ON WAZE, I paid a $40 camera speed ticket. IDIOTS WHO WANT TO TURN OFF THE NOTIFICATION SHOULD FIND ANOTHER APP!!!
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DJ TurntablesTillTheEnd commented
using apple maps, much better that it notifies on every speed camera and red light camera. I'm dropping Waze due to this issue. I got a speed ticket from a camera that Waze did not show an alert or mapped.
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Jagwant Grewal commented
Audio message for speed camera regardless of the speed you are travelling would allow you to check you are below the “variable” speed limit as an interim measure, until Waze becomes a real-time app
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Greg commented
Waze chooses to not give audible speed camera alerts when the system *thinks* that the user is driving under the speed limit for that road. Since the advent of smart motorways in the UK where the speed limits can get lowered, please can there be a function where the Waze user gets the option to choose ‘always having audible speed camera alerts on whatever’ rather than when Waze thinks they are needed? This would be very beneficial. Thanks, Greg.
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Fernando Martín commented
Que avise de los radares siempre, aunque no superes la velocidad y aunque lleves waze en sonido solo alertas.
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Anonymous commented
Please, can you add a switch with an option to warn on speed cameras to "ALWAYS" no matter the speed you are currently driving?