FEATURE REQUEST: Motorcycle mode

by **iamgigglz** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:41 am

Hi

I've searched for this in the forum and only came across people asking about various bluetooth and display modes. My concern is that the traffic could be completely grid-locked, but I'll still be moving through the traffic on my bike, which would sully the data reported by Waze.

Can we not just have an option to not report average road speeds, congestion etc?

Thanks
Noob (Hamish, South Africa)

by **OldGnome** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:10 pm

iamgigglz wrote:My concern is that the traffic could be completely grid-locked, but I'll still be moving through the traffic on my bike, which would sully the data reported by Waze.

Where I earned my motorcycle license, that kind of riding was illegal.

by **woodvale** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:22 pm

In the UK, it's called filtering and, I understand from a biker friend, positively encouraged in lessons.

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by **WeeeZer14** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:19 pm

This topic has come up many times in the past. You are correct, that type of driving (called lane splitting in the US and either legal or outright illegal depending on where in the US you are) will pollute the data for other Wazers.

It has been requested that Waze support different vehicle types (cars, motorcycles, trucks, etc etc) but that does not exist yet nor has it been promised.

For now Waze is aimed at the daily commuter in a personal automobile. If you are not behaving like one, using Waze is creating negative effects for other users.

by **CBenson** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:49 pm

Getting close to being promised, might want to post over here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33709

by **WeeeZer14** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:21 pm

Well how is that for timing

by **TurnpikeWarrior** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:01 pm

WeeeZer14 wrote:This topic has come up many times in the past. You are correct, that type of driving (called lane splitting in the US and either legal or outright illegal depending on where in the US you are) will pollute the data for other Wazers.

It has been requested that Waze support different vehicle types (cars, motorcycles, trucks, etc etc) but that does not exist yet nor has it been promised.

For now Waze is aimed at the daily commuter in a personal automobile. If you are not behaving like one, using Waze is creating negative effects for other users.

perhaps there should be an option for us to select if we're motorcyclists/scooters/cyclists (for NYC messengers) so that Waze will not take our data into factor.

by **WeeeZer14** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:55 pm

Please see this official topic to request/discuss possible additional vehicle types. Closing this thread now that we have the official thread.