I like the paused feature that people are discussing regarding this idea

I trigger false jams all day on my delivery route. A quick pause or maybe let the "Are you in traffic" warning linger for 3 or 4 minutes so when I get back I can hit no, would really help with that.

To me, waze should by default pause, and ask if instead there is a traffic jam. So, if there is traffic jam, you have all the time in the world to push the jam button :)
If you dont push, or it is something negligible, or it was a pause....

a "parked" button is the idea. So you can WALK or just view the traffic before leave your office/house to check traffic

For the same isue in the other forum, see https://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59225-cartouche-map-editor-and-waze-com-website/suggestions/1685561-add-a-way-of-signaling-that-we-stopped-voluntarily

There is another request for this feature already: http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-client-how-can-we-improve-waze-on-your-phone-/suggestions/803059-add-pause-option-for-stops

Killing the app and restarting it is not viable in areas with poor coverage. Upon restarting the app it can take Waze several minutes (and several miles) before it starts working fully again. Often I know how to get to the gas station but need waze to tell me where to go after I fill up.

Today was the first day I used Waze (downloaded it last night). On the way to work I stopped for fuel and Waze assumed I was in a traffic jam. The pause navigation is a must have and a huge oversight by the developers.

Today was the first day I used Waze (downloaded it last night). On the way to work I stopped for fuel and Waze assumed I was in a traffic jam. The pause navigation is a must have and a huge oversight by the developers.

Today was the first day I used Waze (downloaded it last night). On the way to work I stopped for fuel and Waze assumed I was in a traffic jam. The pause navigation is a must have and a huge oversight by the developers.

Is this necessary? On my iPhone version, if I hit the turn off Waze button while nav is active, then when it start it again it asks me if I want to resume navigation. Isn't that what's being asked for here?

Not in 2.4.01 either......

Maybe Waze should also detect if power is turned off (eg from the car power fed to the phone), and if that happens a stop should not be used to indicate heavy traffic. Of course, this needs to be configurable, as it will depend on whether power is on even if the ignition is off or whether the power is tied to the ignition etc.
Also, if waze is turned off, it possibly should send a message to ignore/reverse any traffic updates that were made based on this user stopping at the current location

now that is an even worst idea Dnote!
not all traffic jams make you be still for 10 mins (ever check the difference between a standstill, a heavy or a medium jam?)
also, not everywhere there're 2 users in the same segment, specially for roads that are heavily segmented...

it's better to have the option and not use it rather than not have it at all...
I know that if I'm stopping at a gas station and have waze open, it'd be perfectly easy for me to hit a "pause navigation" button...

Bad idea, since most people will probably forget to do this in many situations. Better not automatically post. Another possibility is to only report traffic jam if not moved for 10 mins (even 5 meters is movement). Another idea is to only report traffic jam if more than one user is standing still on the same road segment.

How about if it asks if you are in traffic and you don't answer the system defaults to no. Then if we are we can confirm by saying yes. This would be much more accurate I think

Please consider PAUSE feature integration with charger connect/disconnect, and Bluetooth connect/disconnect events:
http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-client-how-can-we-improve-waze-on-your-phone-/suggestions/1800099-automatically-start-stop-reporting-on-bluetooth-co?ref=title

My automation ideas:
1. Never report traffic from last destination segment.
2. Never report traffic from departure segment (while the speed will not reach some threshold, i.e. 30 kmh).
3. Automatically learn where I and other Wazers are mostly using the PAUSE button. Ask to confirm traffic on these segments.

another post for this already added....

Pause button