Height, width, wight restrictions

[zordork]

I have been using Waze for about a week now, and in my work as a coach driver I find it extremely helpful, but I think it could be made a lot better by adding size restrictions. this should be easily added by adding these features to the reporting system. Or more complicated having a feature to input vehicle specks, and avoiding low bidges etc in the rout planning

[razor2k]

@zordork

I have been using Waze for about a week now, and in my work as a coach driver I find it extremely helpful, but I think it could be made a lot better by adding size restrictions. this should be easily added by adding these features to the reporting system. Or more complicated having a feature to input vehicle specks, and avoiding low bidges etc in the rout planning

This was brought up at the recent US meetup and is being considered, but don’t expect anything in the near future.

[AndyPoms]

See this thread: http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33709

Specifically these two quotes (underlining mine):

@"[url=http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33709#p307738

Hypersky75[/url]"]I’m a truck driver (18 wheeler) in Canada and would LOVE to have such a vehicle category added in the waze client.
As for truck navigation, I’ve seen very few truck-only roads segments so far, but a lot of no-trucks-allowed ones. There is also the question of weight, size, and hazardous material restrictions, but I think that would be too complicated for now (unless you guys are up for it!). I currently handle those with a truck GPS anyway, but I always have waze running beside it for traffic and live incidents reports. My GPS is also slow at re-routing, so waze is a great backup since it re-routes very quickly.
A truck driver mood, and a few different truck (and trailer) color choices for the vehicle icon display would be nice too.

@"[url=http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33709#p307922

AndyPoms[/url]"]Country: USA (but I think this list can apply to all)

Vehicle Type: Truck
Associated Segment Flag: No Trucks
Notes: HOWEVER, this has to be implemented better than the “Toll Road” flag. It needs to be limited to 2nd level Area Managers (those with more than 100,000 edits) & Country Mangers. This is to prevent abuse because in the US, there are Roads that are “No Trucks” (think things like Parkways) & “No Thru Trucks” (Think residential streets - HOWEVER it is legal to drive a truck on these streets - just not legal to use it as a cut-through to get somewhere else). Regular users should not have access to this flag because everyone will be flagging the street they live on as “No Trucks” because no one likes trucks on their street. I also agree with Hypersky75 about further restrictions (weight, height, width, hazmat, etc) be awesome to have, but too complicated to handle.

@Hypersky75

There is also the question of weight, size, and hazardous material restrictions, but I think that would be too complicated for now (unless you guys are up for it!).

The more truckers we can get on the service, the more data Waze will get simply based on the amount of hours/miles these drivers go in a given day. The truck mode could also differentiate between trucks slowing down on a hill (cars maintaining normal speed) and a traffic jam (all vehicle types slowing) - Maintaining a “Truck average speed” on these segments. This same exact system could also apply to RVs - most of which, based on height & weight and the fact some have airbrakes, technically qualify as Commercial Vehicles, but are exempt from all the DOT restrictions/licensing (a sore spot with truckers).