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Miscellaneous Suggestions - Reporting Items Not There and Hazards
I would suggest having the ability to select reports and mark them as not there. For instance, oncoming traffic reports of speed traps or traffic that have since cleared up but not timed out.
Also reporting a road hazard of disabled vehicle on the road. Currently there's vehicle on shoulder and you can report an accident on the road. We should be able to note a disabled vehicle blocking one lane.
Lastly there should be the ability to note in an accident if it's affecting both sides (when EMS responds from both directions and closes lanes), when the road is closed as a result of the major accident thus allowing Waze to re-route everyone taking that road, and an accident report with rubbernecking which would indicate the accident but also there's a traffic jam (one or both sides) as a result of onlookers.
I would suggest having the ability to select reports and mark them as not there. For instance, oncoming traffic reports of speed traps or traffic that have since cleared up but not timed out.
Also reporting a road hazard of disabled vehicle on the road. Currently there's vehicle on shoulder and you can report an accident on the road. We should be able to note a disabled vehicle blocking one lane.
Lastly there should be the ability to note in an accident if it's affecting both sides (when EMS responds from both directions and closes lanes), when the road is…
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save lives: hijack hot spot and unsafe or damaged roads
DANGER HOT SPOTS
South Africa is riddled with crime and Waze can literally save hundreds of lives by allowing users to post hot sports at dangerous intersections. Simply being aware of a dangerous intersection will allow people to stop at that light with a safe escape distance. If the intersection gets safer somebody could post as not dangerous anymoreUNSAFE ROADS
Ive had numerous flat tyres from driving over a pothole. Imagine i could post a section of the road as damaged road. Id then be aware that i should be looking out for potholes. In the unlikely occasion that it ever gets fixed somebody could say not there anymore.DANGER ROADS
Waze recently took me past a very dangerous street at night. Would have been cool if i had an option to avoid it.I am absolutely certain that every person with a smart phone in south africa would use waze just for the safety benefits.
just ideas.
Loving waze!!! Keep up the good work
DANGER HOT SPOTS
South Africa is riddled with crime and Waze can literally save hundreds of lives by allowing users to post hot sports at dangerous intersections. Simply being aware of a dangerous intersection will allow people to stop at that light with a safe escape distance. If the intersection gets safer somebody could post as not dangerous anymoreUNSAFE ROADS
Ive had numerous flat tyres from driving over a pothole. Imagine i could post a section of the road as damaged road. Id then be aware that i should be looking out for potholes. In the unlikely occasion that…8 votes -
Faster Voice Navigation Cadence
She speaks much slower than, say, Google Maps navigation. Speeding the prompts' delivery minimizes interruptions to other audio you might be listening to.
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Vehicle ideas
Would like to see the Mini Cooper added to the choice of vehicles.
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Please move the "Reports"-button from bottom to top on the main menu. It is used frequently and requiers several clicks and scrolls.
Please move the button "Reports" used to view reports during navigation from bottom to top on the main menu. It is used frequently and requires several clicks and scrolls to reach. I would also prefer to view reports "on route" as default and not "around me". Now it requires 5 clicks to see the reports that is on my route.
Sorry if I use wrong names of the buttons but I have a Swedish version so I am only guessing the English names.
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Enhanced Hazard Reporting by adding "Affecting Flow of Traffic" option
Everybody has seen a car on the side of the road but how many of those are actually affecting the flow of traffic? People post them to gain points but often times it is not useful information.
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fewer touches to get navigation started
it seems to take a lot of clicks (er, touches) to get navigation started.
1) Enter (or speak) address
2) Choose from list of addresses (even if there's only one address)
3) Touch GO
4) Touch GO (again, can be skipped)tough to do if the car is already in motion. Or so I hear. I would never be mucking with my phone or tablet while in motion.
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Enhance the "Prevent Auto-Lock" setting
Enhance the "Prevent Auto-Lock" setting, so that you can have one setting for when it is plugged in and charging and another setting when not charging.
This will allow for the option to let the phone to go into standby, if the phone is left on after turning the car off.
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Semaphore optimization of speed, driving time and fuel economy.
To drive faster and keep fuel try to know the semaphore timing.
In this case can advise drive slower or faster (if possible) to drive non-stop in the semaphore green corridor, when possible.8 votes -
Avoid stop signs! Sometimes is faster the paraller road, because it has a few stops signs!!
I know that waze finds the fastest route, but sometime that street has a lot of Stop signs, and the parallel street doesnt have any, so is faster!! Maybe for a future you could add the stop signs to the maps!! For you to take note: In Costa Rica there isn't 4 stop ways or 3 stop way, in an intersection, here there is always a road who has the way, and the other has the stop sign. Srry for my english, isnt my native language!!
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user provided layout themes
There are various requests for features of what Waze should/should not display on screen. It would be great if users could instead of just choosing a style, actually choose a (or create) a layout that another user has selected.
Best option would be to provide the ablity to give shapes, and areas that can contain text. Eg.
- Current speed (can then increase/decrease the speed display)
- Average wazer speed on the current segment (so the potential speed limits could be shown)
- Current road name
- Text/images for popups
- Destination ETA
- Destination time
- Destination name
- Destination distance
The more that is available, the more people can add there own display requests in.No need for a GUI, XML or some form of coding would be suitable.
There are various requests for features of what Waze should/should not display on screen. It would be great if users could instead of just choosing a style, actually choose a (or create) a layout that another user has selected.
Best option would be to provide the ablity to give shapes, and areas that can contain text. Eg.
- Current speed (can then increase/decrease the speed display)
- Average wazer speed on the current segment (so the potential speed limits could be shown)
- Current road name
- Text/images for popups
- Destination ETA
- Destination time
- Destination name
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reports of "Missing bridge overpass"
As I am editing maps I see a lot of user reports of "Missing bridge overpass".
Usually, there is nothing I can do about the report because I don't see any sign of a Missing bridge overpass anywhere nearby.
Sometimes I can tell that the road has an intersection that should be an overpass with no intersection and I can fix that.I suggest that there are three major categories of things needing to be reported:
1) immediate traffic problems due to movable objects.
a) traffic problems
b) hazards
2) long term problems due to changes in permissible traffic
a) location and types of roadways
b) allowed turns and traffic direction
3) points of interest (can sometimes effect traffic flows) landmarksI am torn as how to best handle some things like roadways with underpasses with limited clearance and bridges with speed limits.
In any case, cases requiring changes in long term traffic flow (map errors) need to be clearly distinguished from reports requiring immediate action due to road work, wrecks, traffic jams, traffic lights out, or other 'traffic problems' and 'landmark needed' reports.
The client should make sure that the user understands how to report particular problems so that every UR is informative and useful.
As I am editing maps I see a lot of user reports of "Missing bridge overpass".
Usually, there is nothing I can do about the report because I don't see any sign of a Missing bridge overpass anywhere nearby.
Sometimes I can tell that the road has an intersection that should be an overpass with no intersection and I can fix that.I suggest that there are three major categories of things needing to be reported:
1) immediate traffic problems due to movable objects.
a) traffic problems
b) hazards
2) long term problems due to changes in permissible traffic
a)…8 votesAdminElla (Waze Team) (Admin, Waze) responded
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Select Notifications in front of the car only !
When driving in a city, we absolutely don't car for the notifications coming from behind !!! And the "
Would it be possible to keep "front" notifications only ?8 votes -
Transparent Buttons in Nightmode
It would be nice to have the two white buttons at the bottom transparent in nightmode.
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Ask user on which street he is if GPS accuracy insufficient to determinate it automatically
Sometimes in the beginning of driving or if you driving differently from Wase suggestion Waze can lock on wrong street, if it is two close streets inside GPS accuracy region. I think it will be good if Wase will ask on which street you are exactly if it detects that GPS accuracy is insufficient to determinate it automatically.
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mapless mode
how about a screen that just displays the speed and any nearby alerts (range user selectable) for when we're just driving and don't need the GPS? This could cut down on data (and battery) usage by not fetching maps, but still let us provide data back to the system.
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Hide notification bar in Android
Hiding the Notification bar would give a little more screen real estate, but the big deal here is that newer phones have AMOLED screens which can suffer from burn-in, and the notification bar in Android with the screen turned way up while navigating for hours is surely going to cause this. Can we PLEASE hide the notification bar so it doesn't damage our screens? Nexus One, Desire, Incredible, likely others will all be possibly impacted by this.
8 votesthis will not solve the issue with these screens, as waze has its own bar (right below the notifications bar) which will not be removed. So we need to think of a better solution that will prevent the burn-in, but hiding the notifications bar will not help.
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New menu "Traffic events" on the app
Currently the only way to get notified about a traffic event is through a push notification that Wazes decides to send to the users that may be affected by that event. This leads to many users not receiving the push notification (phone is off, haven’t driven throught the impacted zone recently…) and don’t get notified about the event.
I propose a new “Traffic events” menú in the app. It would be very useful to people that need to visit a place that has never driven with Waze on because they could check if there is any event impacting traffic in that particular location.
This new menu basically just opens https://www.waze.com/events embedded in the app.
Currently the only way to get notified about a traffic event is through a push notification that Wazes decides to send to the users that may be affected by that event. This leads to many users not receiving the push notification (phone is off, haven’t driven throught the impacted zone recently…) and don’t get notified about the event.
I propose a new “Traffic events” menú in the app. It would be very useful to people that need to visit a place that has never driven with Waze on because they could check if there is any event impacting traffic in…
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Feature Request: Manual Route Mode & Simulation for Navigation under GPS Spoofing / Electronic Warfare (EW) Conditions
In regions affected by electronic warfare (EW) and GPS spoofing (such as Ukraine, Israel, and other conflict zones), navigation apps like Waze become unusable. Drivers frequently experience their location jumping to completely different cities, countries, or oceans due to fake GPS signals.
Currently, when GPS is spoofed, Waze attempts to reroute from the fake location, rendering the app useless for navigating the actual physical environment. Drivers lose access to critical real-time information such as hazards, accidents, road closures, and traffic conditions along their true intended route.
Proposed Solution:
Introduce a "Manual Route Mode" (or "Spoofing Bypass Mode") that allows users to disconnect their real-time GPS location from the route calculation and progression, relying instead on manual inputs or simulated progression.
Key Features Requested:
Manual Start and End Points:
Allow users to manually drop a pin or enter an address for their actual starting location, completely ignoring the device's current (spoofed) GPS location.
Allow users to set the destination as usual.
Waze calculates the route between these two fixed points.
Route Demonstration / Simulation Mode:
Once the route is built, provide a "Start Simulation" button instead of the standard "Go" button.
This mode would simulate driving along the pre-calculated route at an average or speed-limit-adjusted pace.
Crucial Playback Controls: The simulation UI must include media-player style controls on the screen:
Play/Pause: To stop the progression if the driver hits unexpected traffic or a checkpoint not shown on the map.
Speed Up / Slow Down: To adjust the simulated speed to match the driver's actual pace (e.g., 0.5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x).
Rewind / Fast Forward: To jump forward or backward along the route (e.g., skip ahead 1km, or go back if a turn was missed).
Static "Follow Map" Mode (Alternative to Simulation):
Alternatively, just lock the route on the screen and allow the user to manually scroll the map along the blue line as they drive, maintaining visibility of user-reported hazards along that specific path.
Why this is important:
Even without real-time GPS tracking, users desperately need access to the routing logic (knowing which roads to take) and the crowdsourced hazard data (potholes, accidents, roadworks) along their intended path. By allowing users to simulate their journey, they can keep the map centered on their actual location manually and stay informed of upcoming hazards, even when their phone believes it is in a different country.
Thank you for considering this feature to support users navigating in difficult environments.In regions affected by electronic warfare (EW) and GPS spoofing (such as Ukraine, Israel, and other conflict zones), navigation apps like Waze become unusable. Drivers frequently experience their location jumping to completely different cities, countries, or oceans due to fake GPS signals.
Currently, when GPS is spoofed, Waze attempts to reroute from the fake location, rendering the app useless for navigating the actual physical environment. Drivers lose access to critical real-time information such as hazards, accidents, road closures, and traffic conditions along their true intended route.
Proposed Solution:
Introduce a "Manual Route Mode" (or "Spoofing Bypass Mode") that allows users…7 votes -
Lake Ontario
I loved your app and used it every single time. I will never again use it as you change the name of Lake Ontario, just to raise the ego of an evil, wannabe dictator (like other of your former users called him).very disappointed
7 votes
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