This could also work in Mexico!

hi , i live in South Africa , 2 days in a row now Waze has taken me through bad areas , Wednesday it tried to take me through the cape flats from the airport , and yesterday it decided to take me through Alexandra townships , probably 2 of the most violent places in south Africa , can you not give an option to avoid high crime areas ? based on statistics , or on the common knowledge of locals in that area

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Could you add a bar that decreases until the end of the risk zone?

Siempre uso esta app y el otro día para desplazarme al otro lado de la ciudad seguí la ruta que me indicó Wazw pero en el camino me dí cuenta que no habían carros ni gente por la calle que manejaba y era porque estaba en una zona muy peligrosa de mi ciudad....menos mal reaccioné a tiempo y salí de la zona lo más rápido posible. La aplicación debe tener una alerta de "Riesgo" o "Zona Peligrosa" para no exponer a los usuarios a poner en riesgo nuestra "integridad física".Gracias

I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We are facing a huge problem with navigation and I am sure that you can help us to solve this major problem. Sometimes the shortest navigation is in a Rio de Janeiro's slum (Favelas) and some of them are really dangerous. People had been shooting when they are driving inside a Favela and some people are dying because of that. PLEASE, add an if statement when the direction is to a slum, you can save lives doing it!

I just read a note of some tourists (great old) in Rio de Janeiro who came to risk area and a lady was killed. "http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/10/06/una-mujer-muere-a-tiros-al-entrar-por-error-en-una-favela-de-rio-de-janeiro/"

So, I propose that Waze implement color and voice alerts, according to the area where it is located the place we search.

Each city has identified the districts or dangerous places, where it´s recommended to avoid.

Example:
Blue: Tourist area
Red: Danger Zone
Yellow: Caution location
Orange: Crowded places
etc...

And in the search highlight the color of the options presented.

The route can handle sections colors that crosses the route.

I hope my proposal will help in some way.

Maybe the system before start driving could inform that this specif area is near a slum or a dangerous community. In Rio de Janeiro we have information about the slums and risk areas and maybe the system can prevent before start driving saying that this address is near a dangerous community.
edugiglioo

due to problems in the Rio de Janeiro related to public safety where people are being murdered in slums, I suggest the elaboration of any indication in the risk areas of application.
This could be done based on the security information public state for example.

Seria interessante que o waze pudesse evitar ou pelo menos indicar que o caminho pode ser considerado de risco. Porque no Brasil e especificamente no Rio de Janeiro, existem diversos atalhos mas que acabam cortando comunidades.

Temos visto "acidentes" ao cortar caminho por sugestão do navegador ou por nomes de ruas iguais porem em zonas perigosas, como aconteceu ontem com um casal de idosos em niteroi. Sugiro q sejam disponibilizadas essas informações (alertas sonoros e escritas) ao digitar o nome da rua e durante a navegação.

Waze, é urgente que seja criada uma maneira de reportar áreas com altos índices de criminalidade. No Brasil isso é imprescíndivel pro app funcionar bem, pois muitas vezes a rota com menor tráfego é a mais perigosa.

Please do this, or at least allow Wazers to flag areas that may be considered unsafe. Waze has been directing me towards some very unsafe areas lately. Fortunately I know the city I commute in well so I can just ignore what Waze is telling me until it starts directing me into safer areas, but I worry for people from out of town who may not know what they're getting into.

It's a very important feature that I think have to be implemented even if just as a hazard report. Unfortunately, due to Microsoft's patent, a sophisticated system can't be created and implemented on Waze and any other application.
Please find a legal and adequate way to implement this feature. I can't keep ending up in dangerous and unknow roads or areas, risking my life just because I don't know how to reach that new (and unknown) place!