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Hgv mode
I am new to the HGV industry and like many of us it costs a lot to own a satnav. Many of us use Waze and have done for many years it would be good to incorporate a HGV function mode into the app where you can create a profile and have HGV mode and this can help drivers going out buying satnavs and making the Waze app more effective for overall as it can be limited to just cars. HGV’s need to know height restrictions width restrictions and weight limits of roads but this would be a great added…
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CarPlay report button setting options
Add setting option(s) to the CarPlay report button to make it easier to reach while driving. Either a setting option to reposition the report button to other corners of the screen AND/OR setting option to make the report button run across the entire width of the bottom edge of the screen
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Tight roads
Would like to be able to select the width of my car as in London there are lots of routes that have bollards that are very tight and. i don't like driving down them in my car. also if a road is closed i cant then mark it as closed so it will reroute me
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On Screen Button Size
Android Auto on Ford F150 8.2" display. Buttons for "still there" and "not there" for reported hazards have a height to width ratio of about 0.16. Very difficult to press correctly as the finger moves up/down with vehicle movement. Button is too narrow.
Suggest that the "there" "not there" buttons have a H to W ratio closer to 1.0. Same screen space will be occupied, but buttons will be much easier to press.
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Offset turn instruction
Oftentimes at standard, perpendicular intersections, streets dead-end on one side and pick up again on the other side, offset by just a few dozen feet. For simplicity's sake and for routing, we map a lot of these as plain four-way intersections (like an italicized + sign, you could say).
But this can be confusing for drivers, who arrive at the intersection with no special instruction and yet are forced to almost fully turn right or left. The simple four-way mapping style is appropriate when the offset would still allow a car's width to pass through without turning, but when there…
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Firefighters
As a firefighter we use your app to help guide drivers into jobs as Waze is very reliable, but we have to be aware of height restrictions, weight and width restrictions. Is there any way you could add these restrictions into the app under an emergency service/ blue light type setting? Maybe adding a code that you have to apply for to unlock the feature providing proof that you work for a fire and rescue service so it doesn’t get used commercially?
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Upgrade possible vehicle selection
By upgrading the possibility to select heavy vehicles like trucks and buses where the driver can add the width, the height, and the length of the vehicle as well as the axel pressure and the total weight of the vehicle. The app would rapidly become the most popular app for professional drivers. The map data is already available. And the professional drivers always report anything out of the ordinary, hence helping other drivers in a larger capacity than most private drivers.
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Heavy traffic duration display issue
I'm driving a Volvo XC40 with a Sensus operating system which famously displays Android Auto/Carplay on roughly half of it's 9" vertical screen. This means CarPlay has a width of 748 pixels, and this leads to a problem with how Waze displays how long I'm sitting in heavy/standstill traffic. Since I don't see any image upload option here, I'll use an image hosting service to point out the problem.
When using Waze in full screen, the app cannot display the heavy/standstill traffic duration: https://imgur.com/a/a45VG9F
The only workaround is using the app in Split Screen mode: https://imgur.com/HjpCsIG
It would be nice…
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Suggestions to Improve Waze UX/UI on Carplay
Two things I've noticed are causing issues (for me, personally at least) when using Waze for CarPlay.
1) I have to continually enter the zoom menu to zoom back down to the right distance...not ALL the time, but enough that I think it's probably a bug, and just wanted to mention it.
and most importantly...
2) The Notification/alert system is fundamentally broken IMO, because it essentially hijacks the navigation screen. It removes the arrival time, time remaining in your trip, and the distance you have left in your trip. These are details that I personally don't want to disappear for…
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Commercial Vehicle
Due to having A work van I would be amazed to see a commercial vehicle feature where the speed limit sign is reduced on single (50mph) and duel (60mph) carriageways
With this feature it would be nice to have a function where you can put weight and height and width dimensions in and the route chosen avoids bridges and tunnels that commercial vehicles are unable to use
I believe that it would also be nice to have early announcements maybe as an option where it will warn you of a camera early in advance
On top of this I think…
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Option to save the reports
In the last two months, I make the same trip to the workplace at (nearly) the same time. Here comes my problem:
• at the same road (gps location), lot of times I report the same Pothole. But (as I understand the logic):
o If more users liked this report, it will be available longer, but (as I think) after more users drove on the same road and reacted “Not there” or ignored, the report will be deleted shortly. Of course, the road does not repair itself.
o this “Pothole” is not a round hole on just one of the…1 vote -
Give weighted route options for safety
Add a routing preference called “Prefer Major Roads” or “More Predictable Route.”
The app frequently recommends rural two-lane roads, neighborhood streets or poorly serviced back roads to save less than one or two minutes. These theoretical savings are often erased by farm equipment, school buses, slow vehicles, no-passing zones, poor pavement, difficult intersections or temporary delays that the routing model cannot predict.
Please allow users to select a tolerance such as:
“Prefer divided highways and major roads when they add no more than 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes.”
The route calculation could consider:
• Road classification and number of…
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Smart Routing for Buses and Trucks - A Must-Have Feature for Waze
Hello Waze Team,
I would like to suggest adding a dedicated navigation mode for buses and trucks, with routing that takes large vehicle limitations into account.
Today, Waze is excellent for private cars, traffic updates, and real-time navigation, but it can be very problematic for buses and heavy vehicles, especially in Israel and particularly in the Tel Aviv area.
Many streets are extremely narrow, have sharp turns, low clearances, weight restrictions, or are simply not suitable for large vehicles. As someone who works in tourism and frequently travels with tourist buses, I have personally experienced situations where Waze directed our…
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Waze Truck Mode – A Reliable Navigation System for Professional Drivers
Waze is an amazing application, and in my opinion, one of the best navigation apps available. But what makes Waze different from other navigation applications is not only the navigation itself — it is the community behind it.
Waze is constantly improved by its users and map editors. When there is an error or an outdated piece of information on the map, it can be reported, corrected and updated by the community. This is one of the main reasons why Waze can be so reliable for passenger cars.
As a professional truck driver, however, I have noticed that there is…
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Contextual road navigation elements
Waze (so far) does not fully account for overall road context in navigation. We've (ie. my partner and I) have found it treating all roads equally when picking a route, whether urban, rural, wide, narrow, usually parrtially blocked by parked cars, etc. So, I suggest adding a set of options to the system and the navigation algorithm which allows weighting by road type. This could be selected or deselected manually by the user, with some default setting sets (ie. "Prefer Highways", "The Scenic Route", etc).
Based on roads we've used, we suggest the following classifications:
Highway
Fast-moving multi-lane road with…1 vote
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