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Originally Posted by look 171

Friend bought a smaller retirement house up in the hilly section in a city near by. After living there for the past two years, his poor wife still works and sometimes miss the fwy exit. She must use GPS to find her way home after that. I couldn't stop laughing at dinner. Poor girl. TAlk about GPs dumb.

I have yet tried Waze. Tell you the truth, I don't know how to use it or set it up. It seems to be useful especially in crazy LA traffic. Its neither dead stopped or flowing at 10 mph so what's the point. I do like the warning of police present. How much time do you have upon warning, Steve?

The warnings for cops are usually about 1/2 mile out. I have my Waze set to a mode (private, maybe) where other wazers can't see me. I can't initiate a new issue, but I can confirm or deny an existing issue.

I think they wanted you to setup a username and password when I first got it. I don't remember because it's been years and I've never had to login on my phone since.
What has been nice is that Waze has routed me off of the major roads and through routes that I would have never in a million years have taken that have saved me time.

Originally Posted by JeremyD

I use WAZE exclusively, I travel for business - so use gps with voice all the time. Currently have British "Kate" who tells me when to turn and I like it. Police call outs are the best. It's crowd sourced Look - so people report hazards or police. I've missed chunks of tires and debris in the middle of the roads because someone has reported it ahead of me.

LMAO! I also have mine set to British Kate! Some of her pronunciations are entertaining, but her voice is less grating on the ear than some of the other voices. I wish there was a nice Scottish Lass voice (although there is Jim from Glasgow)! I was curious, so just checked, there are a TON of new voices (most won't do street names).