Inexplicable and Horrible Rerouting

[gettingthere]

You cant send someone 15 minutes out of their way because 1 of 20 people on the Turnpike stops moving for a couple of minutes. If there is a delay of even 5 minutes, then Waze will see someone else go through that spot (1000+ Wazers in area). It probably wouldnt even take 5 minutes, as the Turnpike is used in the commute from NYC to NJ and there are tons of Wazers on it.

I agree and have been trying to drum up support and pressure Waze to modify their traffic algorithm for months. In no case should the data from a single Wazer impact routing for other Wazers. Waze should require current data from two or more Wazers before creating or clearing a jam. They could have an exception if a manual traffic report is placed. In that case the Wazer is basically confirming the traffic jam by placing the manual report.

[gettingthere]

That would make app useless for areas with a lesser amount of wazers. Even now people complain that they only see traffic reports created by themselves

If there are no other Wazers there are no need for any traffic jams and/or the data is stale.

[gettingthere]

The other thing of note is that with my suggestion to modify the traffic algorithm, I note that there could be an option to 'confirm' the jam with only one Wazer adding/updating/deleting the jam if they also place a manual traffic report. This way Waze know's that it's really traffic since the end-user has confirmed as much.

[invented]

One Wazer could have pulled over to change a flat tire or something, bringing the average speed down, then another one came behind him and neutralized it.

[RallyChris]

Waze prefers for safety reasons to rely less on human interactions.