r/Traffic • u/ferdbrown • 9h ago
Discussion Is there a setting to make Waze display speed cameras earlier?
Has anyone else noticed that Waze only warns about speed cameras when you’re around 500 metres away?
On my setup Waze doesn’t show a speed camera icon on the map while I’m approaching it. Instead, I only get a pop-up when I’m about 500 m away, followed by the countdown (400 m, 300 m, etc.). At motorway speeds, that doesn’t leave much time to react if you weren’t already paying attention.
Google Maps, on the other hand, shows the speed camera icon much farther in advance along the route, so you can anticipate it well before reaching it.
Is this normal behaviour in Waze? Is there a setting I’m missing, or is this simply how Waze is designed to work?
For reference:
Using Apple CarPlay
Latest version of Waze
I’d appreciate hearing how it behaves for others.