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Safety warning when turning left against traffic
When making a left turn against traffic, can you program the voice to say “When it is safe” or “When traffic is clear” make a left turn onto … The other day I was listening to Waze for directions and was so focused on this that I almost turned left into traffic.
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Red tint on the side that traffic is slow
The red/yellow line is thin and gets obscured by the purple nav line.
In addition to the current line, I suggest a wider transparent line in red/yellow tint. The wider line should be drawn alongside the road, rather than exactly on it. The line should be on the side that the traffic is on.
In addition to the obscuring problem, the little moving flow arrows are hard to see when driving, while a broad tint clearly to the side of the road might be clearer.
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Traffic Control Officers Romania
In Romania we have traffic control officers that are not police and this confuses drivers, this option would help a lot of drivers !
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Take Rowena Ave. in Los Angeles off your suggested routes.
This street was never intended to be a major thoroughfare. The traffic is non-stop on this residential street and there are no lights to control the amount of traffic that has accumulated.
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Give us a target speed in traffic jams to help Waze users optimize average throughput
I recently read this article: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160428-how-ai-will-solve-traffic-part-one
It talks about how going slower and keeping more space between your car and other cars can actually improve the flow of traffic when it's all jammed up. It also explains how autonomous cars will make this work much better, but also indicates that we can help improve things now by changing our driving behavior.
The article also explains how the highway patrol sometimes sends cars through traffic jams on the highway to break it up and re-channelize it.
If the Waze app could give users a target speed based on traffic…
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I miss the listing of traffic on the old app. It appears you can only see the traffic by looking at the map now.
If you're looking to see the traffic along several routes, this was the fastest way to tell.
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How the traffic represented on the map
Hey, you have a great app, really. But one thing is weird and sometimes nervous.
So during the navigation, I have many variations of the route. But sometime traffic may be unpredictable. So I want to be able to see what traffic is on the parallel/closest streets, it will help me to decide should I drive as Waze says me, or I can quickly change the route. But unfortunately, Waze does not show me the traffic at the parallel streets. Actually, Waze shows the traffic at the closest streets but not for all streets. And I'm talking about the major…2 votes -
Perpetual Traffic Study
Traffic data is an invaluable resource for civic planners. Imagine the cost savings and benefits that accurate and real time data would bring to municipalities deciding on road repairs, widening projects, and more.
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Traffic jam audio alert disable option!!!
traffic jam audio alert disable option!!!
i can see the wall of stopped traffic stop dinging at me on every street!!1 vote -
Replace the color of standstill traffic
Suggest to replace red color for standstill traffic to dark purple or black (normal theme background) / neon purple or bright magenta (black theme background) . There had few cases that drivers could not oversee how serious does the traffic are in that area. If drivers can notice the standstill traffic during navigation, drivers can decide whether to continue or use alternative ways to avoid being stuck in the standstill traffic.
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Traffic control button
It would be nice to have a button to mark where there are traffic controls, but not by the police. Often there are vehicle control done by the government. Such a warning button to mark in the map would be nice.
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Include option to inform free transit the same way we inform intense traffic
include option to inform free transit the same way we inform intense traffic, eg
How have the option of informing the traffic conditions as stopped or heavy traffic. We also need to have the option to report that traffic was released and is free now.2 votes -
Rank routes by least number of minutes in traffic
For a long drive, calculate "% of time spent in traffic" and "# of minutes spent in traffic" and include that as a criteria.
We just stared at 3 different routes for a 4+ hour drive that had varying lengths and amount of time in stop & go traffic. We would have liked to have selected easily "the one that makes the car move the most and has the least stop & go, so we don't get car sick and our children don't wake up."
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Add a cause for the traffic jam
I'm stuck in traffic, but there's no indication of the cause of the traffic jam.
Maybe you could add an explanation for the cause of the traffic jam.
For example, an accident, roadworks, or just normal traffic at this time of day.1 vote -
Increase notification distance of police & traffic cameras to 5 miles
Extend police and traffic camera notifications, I myself will not use this product until this is corrected.
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Add an API Feed for Traffic Updates from Individuals and Groups
Add the ability to subscribe via RSS to traffic updates from individuals or groups. Provide links back to the Waze website for each update but also include the information in the RSS.
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Traffic lanes speed.
It would be useful to add this feature back to the Waze app because the speed of traffic segments is useful, so that we drivers can understand how intense the traffic is on certain sections of the road. But it should be estimated in both Km and in miles.
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Background traffic info collection
Waze seems to have problems detecting traffic fast enough in zones where it isn't heavily used. In these zones other navigators simply do better in what Waze should be the king.
A solution might be adding an option to allow Waze collecting anonymous info such as user speed, location and direction even when closed, as a background service, to help increase traffic accuracy.
This way everybody with Waze installed can contribute to increase traffic accuracy (instead of just those who have the app actually running).
Since this can be considered a privacy concern for certain people, it could be done…1 voteThanks 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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differentiate between police control reports that are traffic-related and those that are not
The idea is to differentiate between police control reports that are traffic-related and those that are not. Currently, the app only allows the reporting of police controls without distinguishing between these two aspects. The specific proposal is for the app to allow users to report controls that are strictly traffic-related and, separately, another option to report police controls of a general nature that are not related to traffic.
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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.
8 votes
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