Wildlife Collision Hazard Areas
Wildlife, especially deer, are a significant hazard to drivers in many parts of the world. Collisions with deer account for one to two million insurance claims each year in the US alone. While wildlife on the roadway is harder to anticipate than other hazards, authorities do know of specific areas, times of year, and times of day that drivers are at increased risk of collision. Please let us mark these hazard areas (with the times of year and times of day they should be "active" to avoid hazard-alert fatigue) to communicate this risk to drivers. Both drivers and wildlife will benefit.
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Em7ee
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I would like to see this added too. It's likely only to be needed on minor rural roads, but those are usually the places riders are most at risk from motorists.
We have a number of stables and equestrian centers around my local area and an improvement like this would hugely increase riders and motorists safety -
Kenn Crouch commented
I live in the New Forest and we have free roaming Ponies, Cows, Pigs, Sheep, Donkeys they are often in groups stood in the road would be good to have it in Hazard
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Zoe Macdonald commented
Living in Australia especially, there are many areas that are at high risk of wildlife on the roads. Whether this is Kangaroos, Wombats, Deer or Emu there are many animals that can be very dangerous for divers. I suggest that there are warnings that can be added that show up on the map for areas with lots of native animals that cross the road.
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Mark Barnett commented
Kangaroo moose and deer are a bigger hazard to road users than pothole. Would be good to warn other drivers that they are on side of the road.
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Nicolas Barriola commented
This is crucial in order to avoid unnecesary wildlife killing in our routes
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Cefin E Otero commented
There are road hazard signs for "Deer Xing" and "Cattle Xing" to alert drivers that can be implemented to the Hazard Layer now in WME at least in NA. Other countries have other native wildlife species with their own dedicated hazard sign for example when I visited Belize I saw “Tapir Xing” signs, Australia has "Kangaroo Xing" and so on. Probably the feature can be set in a local/country level.
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xskuLLaz Gaming commented
you can already voice report, "wild animals". also you have waze partner for this already
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Wesley Bessa commented
Many animals around the world are abandoned, wandering through urban centers and facing the constant danger of being hit by vehicles. Thousands lose their lives to traffic accidents each year. Let us unite to save these precious lives
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Wesley Bessa commented
As cidades brasileiras estão cheias de animais abandonados ou em condição de rua. Milhares são atropelados todos os anos. Avisar os motoristas sobre estes animais, pode salvar muitas vidas.
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Kilian
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Report wild animals on the live map
The idea would be to report on the live map, about wild animals (whether: goats, foxes or any type) that the report lasted a couple of hours on the road, and over time reports and warnings could be made about the roads where there are more appearances.
This would be very good for secondary roads or mountain passes, in such a way as to create a warning if the route passes through an area that has a high level of reports of wild animals and the user would drive with more caution. -
Anka Cien commented
Motorists must exercise caution and reduce speed on roads frequented by horse riders, where sharing the road with vehicular traffic is common. These areas may comprise only segments of a roadway, often serving as passages for riders and their horses to access nearby nature trails.
The failure to slow down poses a grave danger to riders when vehicles pass by at excessive speeds. Such reckless behavior significantly heightens the risk of severe and catastrophic accidents involving riders, horses, and motorists alike.
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turbomkt commented
Sounds similar to headlight zones. Should be easy to implement in this way.
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Anonymous
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I was thinking this morning as I drove by a river bottom in Colorado that I think it would be a great idea to add a wildlife tab, for deer and elk