Today, Waze is a must-have app for drivers. Indeed, it allows you to get from point A to point B with ease, favoring the shortest and least congested routes. Waze indicates incidents on the road in real time and updates the route to always offer you the most pleasant journeys. Waze is particularly popular with motorists because it indicates the location of police checks and speed cameras. Although these features have recently been curbed in accordance with new legislation.
A little over ten years ago, Waze was bought by Google. This allowed the Google Maps navigation app to inherit many of the features so loved by Waze users. Like the police report. Good news? Yes and no, because the latter is not available in France. Enough to allow Waze to maintain the advantage.
Google Maps: a limited novelty in France
Currently, Google Maps allows users to report events encountered on the road, such as traffic jams, accidents, work zones or even stopped vehicles. But the reporting of mobile speed cameras has never been relevant. But an update now allows direct reporting of police presence on Google Maps. But not in France. Damage…
Indeed, we can understand that Google Maps wants to avoid legal violations. It is for this reason that Waze remains a more useful ally if you want to pay attention to the presence of the police on the road. Although the mobile navigation application has no longer been able to announce the presence of mobile speed cameras for several years, users have found some subterfuges to spread the word, speaking of “temporary dangers”.
However, Waze can report the presence of the police and gendarmerie. And this is explained quite easily. It has been several months since the gendarmerie chose to make its presence visible on the roads on Waze. The idea behind this decision is to encourage motorists to take it easy and follow the Highway Code.
So, if you are hesitating between Waze and Google Maps before hitting the road, know that Waze allows you to report, to a certain extent, the speed cameras present on the road.
