Feature Suggestion: Mobile Speed Cameras

Map Editors Community Australia
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Our Australian Wazers will know that mobile speed cameras are very popular over here.

The current Waze process to report a Camera seems geared around FIXED cameras and takes several days to complete.

As our Australian, Mobile Speed Cameras may only be in a specific location for several hours, can I suggest a Mobile Camera Hazard.
It would appear on the map immediately and would be able to warn other Wazers immediately.
It would automatically disappear after 24 hours say.

I often see mobile camera cars on the side of my route (camera is built into the front bumper) and I would like to warn others.

What do you think?

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That’s where the ‘Police trap’ feature is for in the report menu…

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would be good but currently people use the police for the cameras.

Just to let you know in QLD all police cars have a speed camera so speed off or speed past them and you get snapped.

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don’t have that option or feature in australia.

Only has police or camera no police trap etc.

One of the problems that Waze has is that things that work in the US don’t exist or work outside the US and stuff that is in the world can’t be used across the world or the is US.

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I use the police feature myself. Appears to work well.

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When you report ‘police’ TTS give you a warning ‘Policetrap reported ahead’

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Thanks for everyones feedback on this.

I will do the following from now on:

  1. Report -> “Police”
  2. “Hidden” - As speed cameras in AU are plain cars. (Not marked Police cars. They are run by private companies, not Police)

The “Alerts Time” help page on the Support site explains that this kind of alert for the rest of the World, will remain for 2.5hrs. Every other Wazer that comments on it will add another 30 minutes that the alert will remain. This should work pretty well for our speed cameras.

Cheers!
Tony

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Speed cameras are still operated by the police in Queensland. They only recently went to unmarked vehicles with a maximum percentage of hours permitted for unmarked.
It will be a sad day when we let private companies operate our speed cameras.

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I wonder if I can buy shares in Speed Camera revenue? :twisted:

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Any progress on this? I currently report mobile cameras as police, but would be really good to have an option specifically for the mobile cameras (to differentiate).

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What generally happens in Waze is the ‘visible police’ report is used for police patrolling (moving or stopped) in clear sight to motorists, booze buses, cops attending an accident etc. The ‘hidden police’ is used for reporting police hiding in discreet locations or for mobile speed cameras.

If you’re after something more comprehensive in regards to camera reporting only, Trapster might be a better app for you to use.

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Ok - good to know! Not a major issue for me - I still prefer Waze over Trapster :slight_smile: