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Do you still appreciate the police warnings knowing you only get them because a group of people saw one and started fiddling with their phones, probably while d

Do you still appreciate the police warnings knowing you only get them because a group of people saw one and started fiddling with their phones, probably while driving, to let the app know?

trumbitta2 3y ago
I don't fiddle with my phone. I touch 3 times my onboard touchpad via carplay without looking.
EthicalSimilar 3y ago
Or they pressed the report button on their screen, not too dissimilar to changing the AC. Or do you pull over before operating any of the controls in the car? :)
- barbazoo 3y ago
  It's at least 2 clicks away. And trying to click an icon on a screen is much much worse than interacting with an actual button. https://support.google.com/waze/answer/13739289?hl=en https://support.google.com/waze/answer/13739289?hl=en
  - joezydeco 3y ago
    My Mazda has a jog dial that works with CarPlay. Sending a report can be done without moving my hand from the center console.
Scoundreller 3y ago
Can someone build a little Waze keyboard that maybe Bluetooth links to do the phone and does a one-touch accident report? Should be doable with an auto-hot key type of script. More likely possible on android.
- jdminhbg 3y ago
  > More likely possible on android. Just as easy on iOS. You can have an NFC button associated with a Shortcut, so as long as Waze exposes "send accident report at current location" to Shortcuts, it would be very simple.
  - Scoundreller 3y ago
    Just checked and Waze isn’t exposed to Shortcuts at all :(
s3p 3y ago
Uhh okay?
NDizzle 3y ago
It's two button presses on carplay. Not exactly fiddling.
Zpalmtree 3y ago
Yeah?
cjrp 3y ago
You can do it with your voice, something like "hey google, report police" when you're in Waze
jurassicfoxy 3y ago
Typically I'm only worried about police during highway driving, so I don't actually mind the phone usage that much. You make a point: it's not the greatest & safest, but Waze has a much better UI than Google Maps for this, so it's very quick.
ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
Maybe the police reported themselves. Either way they could just not be there, causing accidents and unsafe road behavior.

Do you still appreciate the police warnings knowing you only get them because a group of people saw one and started fiddling with their phones, probably while driving, to let the app know?

trumbitta2 3y ago

I don't fiddle with my phone. I touch 3 times my onboard touchpad via carplay without looking.

EthicalSimilar 3y ago

Or they pressed the report button on their screen, not too dissimilar to changing the AC. Or do you pull over before operating any of the controls in the car? :)

barbazoo 3y ago
It's at least 2 clicks away. And trying to click an icon on a screen is much much worse than interacting with an actual button. https://support.google.com/waze/answer/13739289?hl=en https://support.google.com/waze/answer/13739289?hl=en
- joezydeco 3y ago
  My Mazda has a jog dial that works with CarPlay. Sending a report can be done without moving my hand from the center console.

Scoundreller 3y ago

Can someone build a little Waze keyboard that maybe Bluetooth links to do the phone and does a one-touch accident report? Should be doable with an auto-hot key type of script. More likely possible on android.

jdminhbg 3y ago
> More likely possible on android. Just as easy on iOS. You can have an NFC button associated with a Shortcut, so as long as Waze exposes "send accident report at current location" to Shortcuts, it would be very simple.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Just checked and Waze isn’t exposed to Shortcuts at all :(

s3p 3y ago

Uhh okay?

NDizzle 3y ago

It's two button presses on carplay. Not exactly fiddling.

Zpalmtree 3y ago

Yeah?

cjrp 3y ago

You can do it with your voice, something like "hey google, report police" when you're in Waze

jurassicfoxy 3y ago

Typically I'm only worried about police during highway driving, so I don't actually mind the phone usage that much. You make a point: it's not the greatest & safest, but Waze has a much better UI than Google Maps for this, so it's very quick.

ImPostingOnHN 3y ago

Maybe the police reported themselves. Either way they could just not be there, causing accidents and unsafe road behavior.