Is there any way to stop the back-road routing?
Hey all!
Let me start off by saying that I've been a long-time user and lover of Waze, having driven many tens of thousands of miles using it and it's rarely let me down.
I love that the maps are always up-to-date and that any reported issues are fixed within a matter of days by all of you hard-working volunteers. The recent additions of lane guidance and roadshields tells me that Google aren't abandoning Waze any time soon, which was definitely a concern for me when I found out Waze was acquired and then seemed to become a lot less stable for a while; which is definitely an experience reflected in the App Store reviews.
I've also dipped my foot into the world of Map Editing, but I'm yet to make any headway out of Level 1 as it's very time consuming asking for unlocks to make changes (but I totally understand why the system is the way it is).
My biggest issue with Waze is it'll send me down an awkward back road to save 30 seconds on a route.
It seems like Waze is the only app to do this; Google Maps, Apple Maps, TomTom Go, none of the others are this aggressive with the routing. I know Waze has always been like this and it's unlikely to change, but is there any way to make this less aggressive, short of having to manually check the route every time I use Waze?!
Honestly it's gotten to the point now that I am using Google Maps considerably more than Waze. For me it is less stressful to spend an extra minute on a route than it is to drive down miles of single-lane country roads potentially sending the left-hand side of my car into a bush, and I'm sure many others feel the same.
Rant over. It's frustrating that this is the final piece of the puzzle from Waze being practically perfect. (Oh and the fact that some roundabouts show numbered exits and some of them show the direction of the roundabout exit, but let's not get into that now).
Thanks for listening!
Let me start off by saying that I've been a long-time user and lover of Waze, having driven many tens of thousands of miles using it and it's rarely let me down.
I love that the maps are always up-to-date and that any reported issues are fixed within a matter of days by all of you hard-working volunteers. The recent additions of lane guidance and roadshields tells me that Google aren't abandoning Waze any time soon, which was definitely a concern for me when I found out Waze was acquired and then seemed to become a lot less stable for a while; which is definitely an experience reflected in the App Store reviews.
I've also dipped my foot into the world of Map Editing, but I'm yet to make any headway out of Level 1 as it's very time consuming asking for unlocks to make changes (but I totally understand why the system is the way it is).
My biggest issue with Waze is it'll send me down an awkward back road to save 30 seconds on a route.
It seems like Waze is the only app to do this; Google Maps, Apple Maps, TomTom Go, none of the others are this aggressive with the routing. I know Waze has always been like this and it's unlikely to change, but is there any way to make this less aggressive, short of having to manually check the route every time I use Waze?!
Honestly it's gotten to the point now that I am using Google Maps considerably more than Waze. For me it is less stressful to spend an extra minute on a route than it is to drive down miles of single-lane country roads potentially sending the left-hand side of my car into a bush, and I'm sure many others feel the same.
Rant over. It's frustrating that this is the final piece of the puzzle from Waze being practically perfect. (Oh and the fact that some roundabouts show numbered exits and some of them show the direction of the roundabout exit, but let's not get into that now).
Thanks for listening!
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