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Posted: 3/27/2017 11:53:36 AM EDT
[#1]
I hate Waze.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:09:25 PM EDT
[#2]
It has worked well for me. Get the Jeremy Clarkson voice files. Fun stuff.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:12:16 PM EDT
[#3]
It's been a piece of shit for me lately.
Apparently Waze doesn't think that 5 or 6 'Traffic at standstill' alerts submitted by users on my route constitutes a re-route at all. 
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:26:21 PM EDT
[#4]
I loved it but uninstalled it. The app always tracks you, even when not in use. The only way (in iOS) is to manually shut off tracking for that program in settings. Then it doesn't work anymore when you try and open it. You have to go back into settings in let Waze always track you. PITA and not worth it.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:28:06 PM EDT
[#5]
My GF uses it and gives me info from the PAX seat when we are road tripping.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:40:21 PM EDT
[#6]
After viewing all the permissions required to install this app I chose not too.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 1:57:51 PM EDT
[#7]
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I uninstalled it after 10 minutes. Too many beeps and chirps. Quote HistoryQuoted:
I uninstalled it after 10 minutes. Too many beeps and chirps. Quoted:
I loved it but uninstalled it. The app always tracks you, even when not in use. The only way (in iOS) is to manually shut off tracking for that program in settings. Then it doesn't work anymore when you try and open it. You have to go back into settings in let Waze always track you. PITA and not worth it. 
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Posted: 3/27/2017 2:01:38 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryIt will still track you with the app closed unless you go into ios settings and turn off tracking.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 2:54:41 PM EDT
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It will still track you with the app closed unless you go into ios settings and turn off tracking. I don't think it tracks you when you have the app closed. Only running in the background. Not positive but that's how I read it |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:08:55 PM EDT
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Believe it, or not, I have found it useful for finding accidents on the highways at work. A lot of the time, people will call in an accident, but have no idea where the fuck they are. As such, they just give a general description of where the accident is, and they are usually off by a couple of miles, or on the wrong highway altogether. I can pull up Waze, and just look for the icon on the map.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:23:40 PM EDT
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It will still track you with the app closed unless you go into ios settings and turn off tracking. I've gone a couple days without using Waze before and the 24-hour arrow went away so it hadn't used my location for over 24hrs. YMMV but that's my experience. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:25:21 PM EDT
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It has worked well for me. Get the Jeremy Clarkson voice files. Fun stuff. POOOOOWWWWWEEEEERRRRR!!!! 
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:33:28 PM EDT
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I use it all the time for everything BUT directions.
Hate the direction function. It has given me wrong directions. The absolute stupidest feature is when it suggests alternate routes to save time, and tells you the alternate rout will save two minutes. I mean, who gives a fuck about that. If somebody dropped a 500# bomb in the road, yeah,... I'd like to know about that. I do NOT want it nagging me about petty bullshit. Fuck yeah, I'm driving near Atlanta. I know traffic sucks. I planned for it. Now quit interrupting my Tool reverie every time I get near an exit. Glad they FINALLY got the alert-wench to pronounce "object" correctly. Lastly, I'm not sure if its my car (2010 Toyota), or the Apple directions app, or the Waze app, but if I run the Apple app, and the Waze app simultaneously, I do not get the audible Waze warnings. That shit cost me a speed-radar ticket in DC. Dammit. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:43:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That shit cost me a speed-radar ticket in DC. Dammit.  Running two apps simultaneously caused the radar to read incorrectly & erroneously issue you a ticket? That's screwy.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:45:16 PM EDT
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I just started using Waze for Uber. Google Maps kept losing GPS signal at the worst time.
But both apps have significant differences in features. Google will tell you which lanes to be in when approaching turns....I like that....but Waze is a little less obvious. I like how Google shows search items on the map while Waze just gives a list of the closest. Waze has all of the other handy indicators although the constant pop up with ads is freaking annoying. What can you do? In true ARFCOM style.....I'll have to keep BOTH! |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 10:27:52 PM EDT
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Slacker  The rank is tied to your home state but the points are universal.
http://www.afterhourtechs.com/misc/waze.png Quote HistoryQuoted:
Slacker The rank is tied to your home state but the points are universal.
http://www.afterhourtechs.com/misc/waze.png  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 10:46:39 PM EDT
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Running two apps simultaneously caused the radar to read incorrectly & erroneously issue you a ticket? That's screwy.The warning-wench was muted. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 10:55:04 PM EDT
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You pulled over to make that entry, right?
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Posted: 3/27/2017 11:24:58 PM EDT
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No. The warning-wench was muted. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Running two apps simultaneously caused the radar to read incorrectly & erroneously issue you a ticket? That's screwy.The warning-wench was muted. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 11:26:34 PM EDT
[#20]
when my coworkers run laser they keep waze open and as soon as they pop up on the app they move to a new spot
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Posted: 3/28/2017 12:06:09 AM EDT
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I was in the process of reporting a dead skunk in the road last week and rear ended a station wagon full of nuns. |
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Posted: 3/28/2017 12:16:55 AM EDT
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I'd been using waze for years and just stopped last year. It became useless in my area due to over reporting of traffic by everyone, led to every single non residential road being dark red. I think the waze algorithm needs to be tweaked for more populated areas, maybe identify heavy traffic based on deviation from normally reported traffic at the given time. Too many people think rush hour here is a 'traffic jam'. I still load it up sometimes for speed trap detection but for the most part I've stopped wazing. I miss my crown.
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Posted: 3/28/2017 12:19:01 AM EDT
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when my coworkers run laser they keep waze open and as soon as they pop up on the app they move to a new spot |
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Posted: 3/28/2017 6:37:40 AM EDT
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when my coworkers run laser they keep waze open and as soon as they pop up on the app they move to a new spot |
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Posted: 3/30/2017 7:17:54 PM EDT
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when my coworkers run laser they keep waze open and as soon as they pop up on the app they move to a new spot
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Posted: 3/31/2017 7:09:05 PM EDT
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Just used this on a trip. I chuckled every time I tagged the po pos. One cop left immediately after I tagged him. Either it was time to move or he had the app open |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 7:40:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/31/2017 7:52:59 PM EDT
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I uninstalled it after 10 minutes. Too many beeps and chirps. 
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Posted: 3/31/2017 8:06:17 PM EDT
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I drive A LOT. I love Waze for letting you know where the po-po are and other hazards. |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 8:10:16 PM EDT
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You can do voice entries. You can have it listen for a wakeup phrase, or you can set it to listen when you triple-tap the screen, which I can do without even looking at it if I need to. *Tap* *Listening tone* "Report object in road." "Reporting object in road." Done. |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 8:12:02 PM EDT
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I think a GPS app/device maker tried to add in an "avoid bad neighborhoods" feature, and they were threatened with lawsuits by the usual liberal suspects. |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 8:18:34 PM EDT
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You'd think it'll give the option of while using instead of always or never. I don't think it tracks you when you have the app closed. Only running in the background. Not positive but that's how I read it |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 8:33:43 PM EDT
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I like using it for long trips. It does a great job rerouting around bad traffic. It saved me a good two hours last year on our trip back from OBX. I know it was two hours cuz my friend stayed on the regular route........and sat in traffic for two hours.
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