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    cobbweb10 XO commented  · 

    SHOCKED Waze hasn't already made this ESSENTIAL + CRITICAL addition:

    Specify LEFT or RIGHT (or BOTH – if/when applicable) when warning about vehicle(s) on shoulder(s).

    Could save countless lives + LITERALLY make LIFE or DEATH difference(s) – each and every time.

    Case in point (prior to Waze existence):

    Driving at night in center lane of highway behind van.

    Pull over to left lane to pass van...

    ...only to SLAM in to rear of State Trooper's black cruiser...

    ...which, in turn, slams in to rear of broken-down black Cadillac...

    ...BOTH of which parked 1/2 on LEFT shoulder + other 1/2 in/on LEFT lane of highway – in darkness.

    Thankfully no one killed + only I was slightly injured – as Trooper + other 2 individuals were out of respective cars + standing on median.

    My +/- brand-new Honda Accord + Trooper's cruiser: TOTALED.

    (Uncertain if damaged Cadillac also TOTALED).

    EASILY could have been SO much worse.

    Given broken-down vehicles on either or both shoulders...
    ...AND fact that most accidents occur within split seconds...
    ...knowing WHICH shoulder(s) can make all the difference...

    ...ESPECIALLY given epidemic of CRAZY-fast RECKLESS + CARELESS drivers.*

    *ALL whose license suspensions MUST be AUTOMATIC + any/all repeat offenders BANNED from driving for LIFE.

    EVERY time I receive Waze warning re: vehicle on shoulder...
    ...I CRINGE + say out loud: "WHICH shoulder?!".

    Specifying LEFT or RIGHT (or BOTH – if/when applicable) when warning about vehicle(s) on shoulder(s) is a 'NO-BRAINER' – that MUST be implemented/included into/onto Waze IMMEDIATELY.

    Thank you.

    DC

    p.s. Immediately after typing this entry:

    6/17/25 Hartford Courant: Trooper injured in crash.

    Trooper investigating separate motor vehicle crash + another person injured when driver struck cruiser + another vehicle on I-84 West 6/15/25.

    Trooper + driver who caused collision both taken to hospital + both vehicles towed from scene + guardrail sustained damage.

    NOTE:

    At least 1 other Trooper + multiple good Samaritans killed assisting disabled vehicles/drivers in past +/- year – alone.

    These types of accidents + injuries + fatalities occur ALL THE TIME.

    At least SOME COULD have been + CAN be avoided – if/when Waze specifies LEFT or RIGHT (or BOTH – if/when applicable) when warning about vehicle(s) on shoulder(s).

    1 life lost = 1 life too many.

    copy: e-file 6/17/25

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