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I came here to make the same suggestion... I speculated internally quite a bit before doing so as the points fredo-p makes are some of the same that I visualized on my end while debating how to suggest implementation of this type of feature....
my suggestion would be similar to ashley's op suggestion of possibly warning of an aggressive driver, and within reason, some details on the vehicle. I'm not sure "white corolla" would be possible unless voice recognition worked well enough to take the warning and properly assign it, but white sedan should be plenty in most cases especially since tapping details on makes and models would be dangerous if not handled via voice.
to fredo-p's point, it's true that it wouldn't have to be a stationary object, but since waze is smart enough to know how things move within the space around themselves, that shouldn't matter. so for example, if I were to flag an aggressive driver, the alert details could be similar to that of marking police in a sequence (which side, hidden, etc)... first screen simple colors (primaries and secondaries), then size/type of vehicle, then offenses (multiples being allowed) such as (we'll assume all are "dangerous" or non-signaled actions) lane changes, tailgating, brake-checking, speed +5, +10, +20, +30 (m or km per hour estimates).
my suggestion on the implementation would be to assume that, like a pothole, you'd get a warning when you got near that area. waze would/could be "smart" enough to know that the warning should be presented to all drivers ahead of the reporter (+N mph) so that the window of warning advances down the road. I would also suggest that they "expire" automatically after 15min or so, assuming that the person has exited or otherwise left the area. granted, it wouldn't work well in urban areas or grid-like towns as you'd never be able to track the person, nor would you want to. perhaps it would be limited to a highway feature?
also like a pothole, you wouldn't expect yourself or waze to want to reroute you simply because of this alert, but rather just to be informed and aware. if I'm a waze user just a mile ahead of the person reporting it, then I'd expect to get a notification within a couple minutes of an aggressive driver approaching from behind me, with a mention of what car to watch for. I'm not going to change where I go because of them, I'll just be vigilant in my rearview mirror and aware that someone may be coming to cut me off.