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Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:21 pm
by DKaz
Country: Canada
Vehicle Type: Limited Speed Motorcycle/Scooter

I already check "avoid freeways" but sometimes I get routed onto 80km/h roads that while they don't prohibit limited speed motorcycles from using, I'd prefer not to use it unless I absolutely had to ie. major accidents on every other alternate route. And then I would use a shoulder if one was available.

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:01 am
by DubPi
I have an pull behind RV and with my Garmin GPS I can enter the length and the height of my vehicle and the gps will not tell me to make U-turns where I can't with a vehicle that large and it won't take me down below bridges that I can't pass under. It also avoids dirt and 4x4 roads where i could get easily stuck. A feature I would like to see is rating gas stations for maneuvering in RVs....sometimes it's a nightmare just getting gas. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/23/vuqevu6e.jpg


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Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:47 am
by ehdiv
Country - France

hi,

I'm driving a scooter and using Waze.
If 20 cars are driving at 10km/h in a street while 20 scooter are driving at 40km/h, what is the information sent to Waze system and sent by Waze to my phone ?

Why not implement a revolutionary new feature ? It could looks like this :
1/ Possibility to be a "motorbike driver" (among other possibilities) in my profile
2/ When running Waze on my phone a question could appear : "are you driving your motorbike today ?" (after all Waze sometimes ask me if I'm driving or if I'm a passenger ;))
3/ Calculating a travel time specifically designed for motorbikes/scooters either based on car travel times minus x% or based on other scooter drivers :). Even with an alert message "Oh oh ! due to this sooooo great and exclusive new feature, your travel time won't be as precise as usual but is a maximu given the traffic information we have ;)".

And, @petervdveen, by the way when I'm using Waze with my scooter I'm sending Waze "false" informations on traffic. Just because me, and all other motorbikers are driving more easily in heavy traffic or traffic jam...

Splitting car drivers profiles and motorbike/scooter drivers profiles would :
1/ give Waze a really inovative feature (as far as I know, others are not doing this)
2/ send more accurate traffic information to Waze users
3/ be a mean to get more clients ;)

My 2 cents.

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:57 pm
by Eticketlizabeth
I love that more cars are now available, but how about a minivan/van? I know I'm not the only Mom's Taxi Service out there using Waze! (I chose "taxi" for just that reason, but I actually drive a black minivan--nothing like the only black vehicle available, the Smart!)

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:01 am
by everylastbyteltd
How about a little person for when walking, and a Train one that follows the train routes? :D

Also can you add in a black car that isn't a smart car? I've got a black Fiesta (new style) add one of them for me? 8-)

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:55 pm
by FathomsDown
There are a lot of width, height and weight restrictions around where I drive. If other vehicle types are going to be added, we would need to have some way of adding these restrictions to the map and navigating around them for larger/heavier vehicles.

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:32 am
by fernandoanguita
Borgholio wrote:For the love of God, please bring back "minimize turns"! That's the one navigation feature I want to see above all else. Nothing is more annoying than seeing Waze plot a zigzag pattern through side streets instead of the (more sensible) route of taking primary streets with a minimum of turns and intersections.
I definetely agree !
I have got zigzag routes many times just to save a few meters instead of going straight by the major roads, saving time and money (brakes and gas).

Gas savings routes would be a quite reasonable benefit to get this feature back.

Best regards to all active and proactive wazers on the road, reporting online info, or behind the keyboards editing those valuables streets and turns !

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:53 pm
by ForestPhil
Cars pulling trailers would be useful. In the UK these are required to go 10MPH below any speed of 60MPH or 70MPH.

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:04 am
by foxitrot
@shawndoc: There's nothing crazy on it at all. No, this would be the correct order. But I suspect that (for any reasons beyond this thread and our knowledge) regularly appearing new (social) features are being considered more important than finally completing or fixing the existing ones.

Re: Vehicle types/ Navigation types

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 7:38 am
by foxitrot
ChrisSeiler wrote:I also would love to have a [...] train mode as well ...
Waze would have to display the Rails again :|