false reports

[tahoels]

people posting false road reports for points ?, example i was on the way home on a main highway there was a wazer in front of me 1000 feet or so and a accident popped up on screen right where i was . there was no accident or any problem on the raod ,no other roads around me so it was on this highway. this is to help us on the roads not to be a big points winner !!

[pvaladares]

Is it possible to report abuse of false reports?

[brian26339]

I have the same question. I was just following a wazer who must have made 20 false reports in a 3 mile stretch. Makes it very unreliable for the rest of us.

[usnret04]

Is it possible to report abuse of false reports?

I'm pretty sure a lot of Wazers submit false or misleading reports to "pad" their points. I see it quite often in my area.

[pvaladares]

It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.

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[AlanOfTheBerg]

It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.

There is, but only if the alert applies to your road and direction of travel. Otherwise, Waze must assume that you are not knowledgeable enough to actually state it isn't there. Of course, that also suggests that the "Thanks" button should also not be there....

[pvaladares]

It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.

There is, but only if the alert applies to your road and direction of travel. Otherwise, Waze must assume that you are not knowledgeable enough to actually state it isn't there. Of course, that also suggests that the "Thanks" button should also not be there....

So far I just got the 'not there' for cameras.

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[AlanOfTheBerg]

So far I just got the 'not there' for cameras.

while driving pop-up alerts happen for cameras, police, hazards which apply to your road and driving direction only.

[iainhouse]

Of course, that also suggests that the "Thanks" button should also not be there....

Not necessarily. Several times, I have seen a user-generated alert for traffic on my route before I have reached that area. Waze has not routed me around the problem, but I have decided to change my route to avoid the problem.

In those sorts of situations, I always say "thanks" because the information prevented me hitting traffic without having to be there to verify it.

[AlanOfTheBerg]

In those sorts of situations, I always say "thanks" because the information prevented me hitting traffic without having to be there to verify it.

Good point.