I would like more warning, please

[umopapisdn]

And please add warning not to use waze while riding the bike, since it is not obvious to everybody

bike ≠ bicycle. obviously bicycling wazers mess it up for everybody else, but more configuration on audio warnings for motorcyclists would definitely make things safer for them and those around them.

[pvaladares]

Anyone know of a way to toggle Waze so it'll give me upcoming alerts a bit earlier? Most times "police reported ahead" happens when it's too late - maybe I'm driving too fast??

I agree too:
- sooner (the best would be a distance manually choosen)
- louder
- 2 way for some warning ( the best here too would be manualy choosen)

I know it's in uservoice but is there a way to know if it's on the way by the Devs or not (then about when ?)

You can manually change it tweaking the \Waze\preferences file.

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Line 318: Alerts.Police Alert Distace: 600
Line 319: Alerts.Hazard Alert Distace: 600
Line 320: Alerts.Accident Alert Distace: 2000
Line 321: Alerts.Heavy Traffic Alert Distace: 3000

[kentsmith9]

I suppose we should consider adding this to the Wiki with a warning it is not a simple change for the computer challenged, but most of the forum and Wiki readers probably have a basic level of knowledge to do this.

[kentsmith9]

You can manually changed it tweaking the \Waze\preferences file.

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Line 318: Alerts.Police Alert Distace: 600
Line 319: Alerts.Hazard Alert Distace: 600
Line 320: Alerts.Accident Alert Distace: 2000
Line 321: Alerts.Heavy Traffic Alert Distace: 3000

this must be on Android. iPhone does not have this file that I can find anywhere (only other preference files, but I have not decoded which ones would be holding this data.

[BlazeTool]

It's there on iOS

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/var/mobile/Applications/C83BFA65-5771-48DF-AE9E-7AE36A19F956/Documents/preferences

[pvaladares]

I started a thread about this sort of hidden settings here http://world.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=25140 (Portuguese language...)

Maybe we could start a documentation about this in the International Wiki?

[Autourdupc]

You can manually changed it tweaking the \Waze\preferences file.

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Line 318: Alerts.Police Alert Distace: 600
Line 319: Alerts.Hazard Alert Distace: 600
Line 320: Alerts.Accident Alert Distace: 2000
Line 321: Alerts.Heavy Traffic Alert Distace: 3000

this must be on Android. iPhone does not have this file that I can find anywhere (only other preference files, but I have not decoded which ones would be holding this data.

Is it in km or miles ?

[BlazeTool]

It's there on iOS

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/var/mobile/Applications/C83BFA65-5771-48DF-AE9E-7AE36A19F956/Documents/preferences

It's also in

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/var/mobile/Applications/C83BFA65-5771-48DF-AE9E-7AE36A19F956/Waze.app/preferences

No idea which, it either, works

[gerben]

You can manually changed it tweaking the \Waze\preferences file.

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Line 318: Alerts.Police Alert Distace: 600
Line 319: Alerts.Hazard Alert Distace: 600
Line 320: Alerts.Accident Alert Distace: 2000
Line 321: Alerts.Heavy Traffic Alert Distace: 3000

this must be on Android. iPhone does not have this file that I can find anywhere (only other preference files, but I have not decoded which ones would be holding this data.

Is it in km or miles ?

Meters

[lgibert]

Anyone know of a way to toggle Waze so it'll give me upcoming alerts a bit earlier? Most times "police reported ahead" happens when it's too late - maybe I'm driving too fast??

You can manually changed it tweaking the \Waze\preferences file.

Excellent, thanx a lot for your tip! The distance problem is behind me. Now, Do you know if there is a way to bypass the filter of the warning sound that warn you only if you're faster than speed limit ?
Of Course if this could be corrected by the Wazer Devs.... it would be a very precious option! O:-)

Thanx!