Waze saves the day - speed trap warning

Waze gave the heads up of police ahead, sure enough, there was. The Acura driver is apparently not a Wazer....

[@mclaren5867]

hahaha that's why cops hate waze, laser can beat Radar detector but waze can see those cops miles away :D

[@deanhassan1753]

More likely if a police officer is visible, he's probably using Laser not radar. Radar detectors are no good against laser. You would need to use Waze and hope someone reported the cop using laser. Radar detectors and Waze together should protect you from speed traps with radar and laser. Hopefully one of them alerts you.

[@deanhassan1753]

you would probably need a Valentine V1 detector to save you from laser.

[@TheyRiseBand]

Some more sensitive detectors can detect laser refraction, if a cop shoots the car in front of you. Usually, though, you hear "LASER!" blaring from your radar detector, it's just alerting you that you are screwed and are getting a ticket. By the time you can react, they already have your speed.

[@hnx8522]

But someone on waze had to report that there was a cop ahead..if no one reports, waze is kinda useless.

[@drterrible8069]

@@deanhassan1753 that is literally what the guy above you said....

[@myster5y]

Yes I use waze all the time cops hate waze

[@thomaskeene9697]

Me too

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Well some cops actually like it because it may make people drive more carefully.

[@myster5y]

@@jayasmrmore3687 no the cops around my town they doing speed traps all the time

[@bullettomy7thheart]

Catches a guy speeding, speeds up even faster than him

[@Ethankeenan02]

Haha one rule for use anther for them

[@bullettomy7thheart]

@@Ethankeenan02 Haha super ironic but I just noticed the car that got pulled over is the car I drive...

[@watchdogs295]

@@bullettomy7thheart same

[@VOLTAIRES_5]

has anyone noticed waze decreased the alert distance for police?

[@driverdick2]

Waze used to have a little pig icon, they caught grief about that LOL

[@hnx8522]

just lucky that some one reported that there was a cop ahead..

[@enfield7123]

Waze is the life saver on the road brilliant app use it in my car and motorbike

[@DespiertaVe]

Why my waze dont warning with a voice ????

[@doctorboy5892]

Go to settings, map display, alerts then allow police alert.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Keep volume on

[@Veela666]

$500 Radar Detector < Free App.

[@danlivni2097]

I'm having one problem with Waze in regards to the Red Light Camera alert and Speed Trap alert. The Speed Trap alert is for school camera's. When i'm driving and a Red Light Camera is approaching, Waze will say out loud, a Red Light Camera is approaching. But for the Speed Traps, it doesn't say it out loud. It will only show on the map on your phone that a Speed Trap is approaching. Someone did tell me in Settings in Waze, i should make sure in the Speedometer section. That i have checked for Show Speedometer and checked for Play alert sound. I checked on both of them, yet it still doesn't say out loud when a speed camera is coming up on Waze. How do i get it where it says out loud that a Speed Trap is approaching, instead of it just showing on the map on your phone.

[@Hasblock]

Though I’m a year+ late, if anyone else is having this problem still, you’ll want to go to Settings -> Map Display -> Reports to individually change whether or not you are alerted to each individual report. You’ll also want to make sure while you are driving to set your navigation audio accordingly, where you can set it up to solely voice directions, directions and alerts, alerts only, silent, etc.

[@eileenbrowne2364]

Hi there I can't find where to turn on audio voice directions to notify me of a speed limit zone 😢 it just beeps once when I get to the speed limit im afraid I'll miss it

[@royalmartin5178]

Im facing the same problem.. but not get a solution yet😢

[@ch3693]

Why would you edit the video out while passing him

[@brad3201]

Buddy should’ve had Waze :(

[@jumbo8996]

If it wasn’t for Waze I’d be banged up by now..!

[@NapkinEdStern]

Never heard of it. Will have to get the app now!

[@nja3224]

Does Waze automatically alert you to that or do you have to configure it in a setting?

[@user-xk6sc7ui9g]

NJA 3 it automatically alerts u

[@markydemetio5734]

The proof is in the pudding I have a CL 63 Mercedes I take trips from Miami to New York most of the time and my Waze is always on I'll be doing anywhere from 100 to 120 sometimes 1:30 mph and it does work

[@ciaranflynn6291]

What a stupid and dangerous location the officer is stopped at to set that trap up. Surely they should be on the hard shoulder to the right?

[@deanhassan1753]

Did you get hit with radar or laser?

[@JP-pl9mv]

Dean Hassan I don’t think this dude was the intended target, his escort got hit when the other car speeding was tagged with the laser.

[@robertalcala1385]

Great 😊 for the Waze save on traffic road over there !

[@anjelaanjel7933]

so it tells you when the police are ahead of you

[@clydemay9680]

The fact that cops are paid to do this bamboozles me. Taking money for nothin'

[@ALFONZO784]

They are only law “enforcement “ you have to follow the laws if you don’t want to pay it’s always been like that it always will , if it bamboozles you then clearly you’re an idiot.

[@CarMaintenanceGuy]

That was bad ass

[@aleather]

what kind of radar/laser detector were you running? do you think was the cop lasering you when the detector alerted or did the detector catch the laser scatter from the cop lasering cars ahead of you?

[@WaveriderHD]

its called waze, its a gps type app but its active. And active means: people are constantly updating the app with alerts, etc. So if theres traffic Waze can help you avoid it, if theres an object on the road, cops, construction, etc. Waze is a great app on phones and its free.

[@AaronEverett]

Waze detected well ahead of my radar/laser detector, which is an Escort Passport 8500 X50. If you listen closely at 0:13 you can hear Waze say "police reported ahead".

[@doctorboy5892]

His radar detector alarmed because the cops laser beam hit it. By then it is too late to slow down though. Only Waze can work against laser.

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

Totally unrelated....what's the song in the background?

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

Found it

[@CrunchyMoto]

Thomas Terry what was the song? i was wondering the exact same thing :D

[@SimulatorsStudio]

@@CrunchyMoto The second song is Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)

[@verygood7155]

That's great!

[@JP-pl9mv]

Chick sounds like a stoner, hahaha, as she giggles

[@sheaurlwin8657]

It's his son lmao

[@aram1098]

i don't think it was the speed maybe it was the Move over law do they have that in Virginia like NY?

[@gorankunovic6404]

Solid but not great….

[@jakevoss4917]

That's impressive that Waze is actually better than a radar detector. That being said, a radar detector is little to no help when police are running laser speed traps. For any police reading this, Ka band radar is definitely the best way to catch speeders and it cannot be reported to Waze.

[@Madlittlepixel]

Jake Voss I wouldnt say waze is better. Because waze is not detecting the police. Its other waze users marking on the app that they saw police. If no other waze users around, or noone notices the police then you are not gonna be notified. And not all waze users will mark on the app either. So its definitely beneficial but not always gonna beat a radar detector, due to the user input being required.

[@22trevorc]

Madlittlepixel yup it's useless if there not many other users around, I once got stopped in Virginia and the second I got stopped another user happened to report the same speed trap that caught me

[@faroukabdillah6193]

kawan baik

[@kissfanmac]

Trevor c340 shouldn't have been speeding in the first place!

[@deanhassan1753]

I think that depending on how the police are positioned would determine what speed measuring device they are using. If the police are hidden it's probably likely they are using radar, if visible laser. Ka band can't be the best way to catch speeders because it gives the driver with a radar detector an advanced warning to be able to slow down before the cop gets his/her speed.