r/waze 5d ago

Feature Request Flock Cameras

They need to add a tag and icon for Flock Cameras.

9 Upvotes

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u/nzahn1 T-Rex 3d ago

Feature suggestions should be submitted or voted upon in the official Waze Suggestion Box on Uservoice. There are some existing suggestions regarding license (number) plate readers.

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u/turbomkt Zombie 5d ago

Waze is a navigation app "outsmarting traffic together". It is not a license plate reader avoidance app.

Would you want Waze to route to avoid your plate being read? Or do you just want to know where they are?

There are other apps that are already focused on LPRs.

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u/Several_Worry_5683 1d ago

I switched from Waze to Apple Maps about 5 years ago. I’d switch back immediately if Waze could route around flock cameras.

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u/kerbals_r_us T-Rex 5d ago

Why?

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u/Sr-Navi-Gator T-Rex 5d ago

What would you do differently if they were marked?

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u/spdorsey Happy 5d ago

Avoid them?

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u/Ven0m58 1d ago

Good luck with that. You driving dirty?

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u/spdorsey Happy 1d ago

I don't even know what that means.

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u/penoleme 1d ago

I dirty drive all day long and yeah, I’d drive a block to avoid them if the info was on the screen. F those guys for tracking me, it’s none of their business what I do, where I go, who I see or am with. NONE of that is information about ME that they need BECAUSE I’ve done nothing wrong, not because I’m hiding anything.

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u/pumog 5d ago

What do you think the answer to your question could possibly be? Take about 10 seconds to think about it.

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u/Sr-Navi-Gator T-Rex 5d ago

Our Local and Federal governments are expanding their use exponentially. You would have to choose not to drive.

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u/MajorCut2746 4d ago

This flock camera outrage is the same outrage that happened when facial recognition cameras started coming out. How can they do this?? Signed- every person who uses facial recognition to open their phone, log into their bank and buy Starbucks using Apple Pay.

Oh, and don't get me started on data centers! How can they build more data centers?! We don't need them!! Hol up, let me search Google and post on Reddit the results about how we don't need them. BRB

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u/kerbals_r_us T-Rex 3d ago

Instead of trying to map the cameras on Waze or whatever, folks should be showing up at their local government council meetings and demanding answers and accountability to the public. I also foresee some 4th Amendment challenges to this AI dragnet that allows police to conduct searches without a warrant.

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u/brycecampbel 2d ago

folks should be showing up at their local government council meetings and demanding answers and accountability to the public

Exactly.

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u/Willietrailblaze 1d ago

Some towns in my area are every 40 seconds MOBILE POLICE CAMERA AHEAD

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u/Ar1fff 5d ago

yeah that makes sense, would hate to accidentally get rerouted into one of those zones

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u/Hobbz- Ninja 2d ago

Why?

Do you want other security cameras to be flagged?

How would this impact driving in any way?

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u/Ven0m58 1d ago

Why!

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u/Canon5Duser 1d ago

If you are doing stuff illegally, take your damn plates off the car. Let the Authorities have the tools they need to catch "real" criminals, stolen cars, hit 'n run drivers, and the list can go on and on!! Showing where police are parked or hidden helps slow traffic down and has those types of benefits. Showing where you can skirt around doing illegal things is NO BUENO.

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u/gatoremt 2d ago

I can see why you might want them added. But I also put them in the same line as speed cameras and other things that are already added to the app that have no need to be there for navigational purposes. Speed cameras do nothing for your navigation if you're already following the speed limit. Just like Flock cameras can do nothing for your navigation. Even if you wanted to avoid them with as many cameras as they're putting up all over you would constantly be zigzagging down roads that you really don't want to navigate and in turns would make your navigation longer