How to report an incident when I past it?

by **lunahex** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:42 am

I wanted to report hidden police once I stopped at home. But it's putting the marker right on my house instead of where the police is... how can I move this? There's no way I'm pulling out my cell phone to report what I see as I drive.

by **bigbear3764** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:48 am

You didn't have it running while driving?

No way around that, it's going to post where you hit send.

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by **lunahex** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:50 am

It's against the law to drive with a handheld. I can't report when I'm driving. =(

I hope Waze can incorporate some sort of ... route or radius enabled reporting. Maybe a quota of 2 reports per hour or something to help limit abusers but would help with safety.

ETA: Can I remove/delete my report then? Because technically now I'm a cop :lol:

by **bigbear3764** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:49 am

It will disappear after a certain time.

I'm not sure if all phones have the voice reporting feature, iPhone does. I activate voice mode, say report police and pop, it's up.

dmcconachie · by **dmcconachie** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:22 am

bigbear3764 wrote:No way around that, it's going to post where you hit send.

It posts where you hit the report button, not the Send button. You can also then tap "later" and complete the report further down the road when it's safe.

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by **CrackedLCD** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:40 am

Having some way to pinpoint the alert later would also be nice. I may not be driving right by a major wreck or speed trap to still be able to see it. The current system means I can't alert to a wreck on an overpass or underpass if I'm on a highway, for example, even though I saw it and could possibly help someone else out.

by **olestas** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:34 am

Just put the phone in some holder. Then you will not be actually holding it in hand... Dont most people use holders?

by **gordonski** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:27 am

olestas wrote:Just put the phone in some holder. Then you will not be actually holding it in hand... Dont most people use holders?

Still you not allowed to play around with it while driving, at least in Germany.
Voice input should work on most (or even all) devices. As far as I know it is only active in English speaking countries so far.
With two taps you can activate the reporting mode. This will store your position and you can enter more details and submit the report later, when your car is stopped. At least that's safer than typing while passing a police control...

by **K4UNX** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:44 pm

gordonski wrote:
olestas wrote:Just put the phone in some holder. Then you will not be actually holding it in hand... Dont most people use holders?

Still you not allowed to play around with it while driving, at least in Germany.
Voice input should work on most (or even all) devices. As far as I know it is only active in English speaking countries so far.
With two taps you can activate the reporting mode. This will store your position and you can enter more details and submit the report later, when your car is stopped. At least that's safer than typing while passing a police control...

You shouldn't be driving alone, carpool and save the planet! :-P

Oh and also lets you Waze while some other sucker drives :-P

by **Agamicox** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:21 am

bigbear3764 wrote:It will disappear after a certain time.

I'm not sure if all phones have the voice reporting feature, iPhone does. I activate voice mode, say report police and pop, it's up.

Where does Iphone have this option?
I want to try it on my HTC.
It's a good question - sometimes Im not reporting accident or Police, or whatever just because it's not safe to reach out and press 2-3 buttons :roll: