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Originally Posted by kingweed
Fair enough.
How reliable is it though, I mean are people actually driving along the M6 and updating it so you know where they are?
In my experience, it is pretty reliable.
Yes, people are actually driving along the highway and pressing the button when they see a cop. It only takes a second, and everyone hates getting speeding tickets so a lot of people do it.
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Originally Posted by KPowers
It will just tell you where cops typically like to hang out based on experience, it's not a replacement for a radar detector, or something even better like not speeding, but it works okay.
For example, an out-of-towner might not know that there are frequently four police officers on the Thames river bridge(two on each side, facing both sides of traffic) with an incredibly long sight to traffic. With speed trap warnings, you would be alerted to that.
It isn't based on experience, it is based on actual visual sightings of police officers as reported by other users of Waze. If you pass by one and the Cop isn't there anymore, you can press a button and tell it that, and it will stop sending the alert out to other people.
In some ways it is even better than a radar detector. You get the information a mile ahead of time, so there is no slamming on the breaks.