Truck Routes
Hi, been a user for a little while. I am a local area trucker so I drive a lot of miles hence my rather high score in such a short time. I use Waze to give me a heads up on the traffic in the area and to warn others when when I encounter it myself. I do battle on California SR-91 mostly.
Anyways, my question is: Are there any plans to add a "truck route" designation to roads. That is to say, there are some roads that vehicles "6 tons or over" are not allowed on and thus, any routing through said roads is useless to me. Now I understand the this doesn't really apply to 95% of users, but maybe it could be worth something down the road, pun intended, in making Waze a more valuable product. I have other ideas along the lines of helping truckers, but I just want to keep this post simple. Basically, its nice when I'm stuck on a highway and Waze suggests a surface street detour to get around it, but I can't really take it because I don't know if some of those streets are illegal for me to drive on.
So: On the App side, the ability to designate oneself as a heavy truck. On the editor side, the ability to mark a road a truck route, or not. In between, routing that avoids roads trucks aren't allowed on.
Thanks,
Keep up the good work.
Anyways, my question is: Are there any plans to add a "truck route" designation to roads. That is to say, there are some roads that vehicles "6 tons or over" are not allowed on and thus, any routing through said roads is useless to me. Now I understand the this doesn't really apply to 95% of users, but maybe it could be worth something down the road, pun intended, in making Waze a more valuable product. I have other ideas along the lines of helping truckers, but I just want to keep this post simple. Basically, its nice when I'm stuck on a highway and Waze suggests a surface street detour to get around it, but I can't really take it because I don't know if some of those streets are illegal for me to drive on.
So: On the App side, the ability to designate oneself as a heavy truck. On the editor side, the ability to mark a road a truck route, or not. In between, routing that avoids roads trucks aren't allowed on.
Thanks,
Keep up the good work.
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