Waze suggests long detour

by **Jpere** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:46 pm

Hey all,

I have an interesting routing question. I've observed Waze behaving this way multiple times. Admittedly, sometimes there is traffic going north because of a red light, but the traffic to turn left is often greater and extends several blocks south of the position from where I took that screenshot.

http://imgur.com/IHszM
In this image, you see the route Waze is suggesting. Instead of continuing north, it is suggested that I turn left and go around the short, three block segment if I were to continue straight.

http://imgur.com/eklbp
This is the route that I often have to choose as the alternate.

Interestingly enough, when I bring up the alternate routes screen, almost always, the preferred route has the same ETA of the route I take (the one in the second screenshot).

Is there anything I can do in the editor or as a driver to show Waze that it is wrong?

Permalink to area in question:
https://www.waze.com/editor/?lon=-80.26 ... TTTTTTTTFT

I'd appreciate your thoughts!

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:18 pm

One answer I often give, and have done myself too many times to count, is to take the suggested route several times to teach Waze the speed of those segments it is using. Once it learns, it will stop routing you that way.

by **Jpere** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:42 pm

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:One answer I often give, and have done myself too many times to count, is to take the suggested route several times to teach Waze the speed of those segments it is using. Once it learns, it will stop routing you that way.

Thanks for your response.

Has doing that proven effective?

by **CBenson** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:53 pm

Jpere wrote:Has doing that proven effective?

It frequently has for me.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:39 am

CBenson wrote:
Jpere wrote:Has doing that proven effective?

It frequently has for me.

Yes, definitely.

by **Jpere** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:37 pm

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:
CBenson wrote:
Jpere wrote:Has doing that proven effective?

It frequently has for me.

Yes, definitely.

Old topic, but I'm bumping just to say that I've been taking Waze's suggested route for months now and .... it's actually faster than going straight.

It's not always 100% since it depends on the timing of the street lights, but more often than not it's actually faster.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:04 am

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