"Both lanes" reporting option
Add a "both lanes" option when reporting traffic jams, hazards, and accidents affecting both directions of travel at the same time.
Thanks for your feedback. At this time, this doesn't fit on our roadmap, but we'll keep it in mind for future product planning.
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briedis_eugenijus
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Ability to choose a single or multiple lanes (e.g. 1st, 2nd, left/right/u turn lane, 2 of them, all and etc.) when reporting an event - stopped vehicle, accident, object on road, traffic, closure.
It would be very useful and helpful feature letting warned drivers to prepare and choose a clear lane in advance. -
Anonymous
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Instead of only having "hazard on road ", for potholes, objects, roadkill, etc., specify which lane the hazard is in, ie: right lane, left lane, or center lane, so that drivers may change lanes to avoid the hazard.
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Anonymous
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Cops in the center are using both the front and rear radar. If I place a warning on my side then drivers in the other direction won't get an alert other than the icon of a police showing up.
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PhoenixofMT Wazer
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In addition to reporting "both lanes" and "all directions", allow the report pin to be moved around a bit by the reporter. You can't report an accident you see 3 blocks ahead unless you actively wade into the traffic snarl to get right next to it. Most of us will probably turn off early to go around, meaning neither a report nor moving data are updating routes through the area.
"Stick" the pin to the screen and allow the Wazer to scroll the map around under it, then tap a button in the corner to drop the pin on the map.
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Anonymous
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It would be extremely useful if the audio stated the full type of hazard reported ahead, as well as the distance. A vehicle stopped on the shoulder is less of a hazard than an object on the road or vehicle stopped on the road. Stating a generic "hazard reported ahead" requires the user to look down at his/her phone and promotes unsafe driving.
For on-road hazards, it would be useful to indicate the lane. Waze could present three large buttons (left, center, right) and allow the user to select one to two of them. This would easily cover roads two to five lanes wide in a single direction, so it could report hazards like "vehicle stopped on road in center-right lane in 1.2 mi/km".
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Jason Granger commented
You can still report police on the other side, but that is it. I HATE it that they removed the ability to report or verify warnings on the other side to the point I rarely report anything anymore.
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Anonymous
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I dont necessarily believe jn a 'both' lane option but l STRONGLY believe in a 'opposite direction' option: today an accident caused full stop traffic on the Merritt in CT. Knowing the road well, often this causes dangerous conditions because of the very many bends in the road. People will have to go from 75 to stop without much or any warming. I could have easily warned opposing traffic. Unfortunately police here does not use a unit to slowly back up on the shoulder, warning oncoming traffic of the jam ahead. So why dont we and make it safer? So: default is our direction but make an option for the 'other' lane. Thanks for WAZE!
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Bill Breen
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Let users designate hazard on RIGHT or LEFT or which lane it is in. Florida mandates you move over for emergency Vehicles and work or service vehicles, It would be nice to know which way to start moving.
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Quinn Conrad
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Example, a cop sitting in between both lanes clocking both sides. Only one side gets the alert unless there is two reports. But that cludders the map unnecessarily.
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Laura
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When you say car stopped on shoulder, I would like to know what shoulder side left or right.
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Richard
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Reporting other direction hazards can help save lives when a car is stalled in lanes/shoulders, or road debris people will run over and cause damage for example a blown tire laying across lanes and things that fall off trucks.
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Anonymous
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An option to report a traffic jam on the other side and also being able to select a second option on the severity of the traffic jam
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Mark Komorowski
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It would be very helpful to be able to specify which lane/s, shoulder, or direction/s are affected by any report.
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Kent Smith
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The Police reports should always notify both directions of traffic. They may be sitting on one side of the road, but they can easily go after cars on the other side of the road. Therefore the "other side" option should not be who gets warned, but should be changed to where they are located so you can confirm or remove the report if they are gone when you pass.
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luwiss
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Please bring back the "other side" when reporting traffic, also the "on route" traffic reports/all traffic reports, lastly, cant delete places when a place is already set...
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Bart Youngblood commented
Agreed. Things like police checkpoints, flooded roads, etc., affect both sides of the road.
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sambot
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Exactly! I pretty much disregard pothole hazards because I drive on a six lane highway. So I have no idea which of the three lanes it is in. How am I supposed to report if it's still there. I agree, there should be an option to choose.
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LL
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This would allow a user to avoid a problem lane before they get there rather than just trying to spot an object in any of the lanes on a 5 lane freeway.
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Brad “reel-time” Harris
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Another vote for warning both lanes of traffic for police.
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Anonymous
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Mostly on US highways and interstates people stop on right hand shoulder but sometimes they stop on median wall. When on a multi-lane highway it would be great to be able to specify if an accident or stall is parked on waht shoulder or lane. Same with Pot holes. Keep up the great work.