Waze Will Now Warn Drivers Of Dangerous Intersections

Waze is a great app as it can warn you of upcoming traffic jams, road works, accidents, and so on. However what it can’t warn you about are dangerous intersections, or at least until now. Waze has announced on their blog that the app will now be able to warn drivers when they are approaching intersections that are particularly dangerous.

If you’ve driver before, you know that some intersections are more prone to accidents than others. Maybe it’s very high traffic, traffic lights are too quick, or maybe it’s just a bad design, but accidents happen there more frequently than others. However with the updated Waze, drivers will be given a heads up.

According to the company, “Today we’re taking things a step further by reminding drivers in 5 major US cities (Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.) to slow down and to be cautious when approaching intersections that data has determined have the greatest incidence of collisions or injuries.”

However as noted by them, these warnings will only apply to the five cities they mentioned above, at least for now. Perhaps in the future as more data can be collated and if the feature proves to be useful, Waze will begin adding warnings to other cities and maybe even other countries.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Cellphones
Tags: Apps, Waze