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> One feature of Waze that was unique for a long time was its ability to crowdsource traffic information. Users add live traffic information to the app as they're driving, like a car stopped by the side of the road or a crash.

I wish apps wouldn’t encourage their users to interact with it while driving.

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I would love Waze to sell a set of bluetooth buttons that I can mount on the back of my steering wheel. Press a button to report speed trap, accident, or other hazard.

Yes! And/or a hot button bar in the UI for frequent reports.

Object in road, stalled vehicle, police are the top things I report.

Programmable Bluetooth buttons already exist, it seems like you would just need to connect them to the Waze API (which I presume exists)

I was hoping Waze would have a deep link scheme to report speed traps (https://developers.google.com/waze/deeplinks) but they don't. If they did, I could potentially pull this off with iOS shortcuts.

They do not appear to offer it as part of any other API.

You can do it through voice assistant.

but you perfectly know most people don't

or passenger

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