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Waze routing will not present routes over a detour off a highway/freeway and back on that same highway/freeway when each of the following conditions are met:
Waze routing will not present routes over a detour off a highway/freeway and back on that same highway/freeway when each of the following conditions are met:
 
# the last segment on the highway/freeway before the detour has the same street name and same city name as the next highway/freeway segment after the detour,
1) the last segment on the highway/freeway before the detour has the same street name and same city name as the next highway/freeway segment after the detour,
# the detour is more than one segment long,
 
# the detour is over segments of a different road type than the highway/freeway, and
2) the detour is more than one segment long,
# the detour is under the threshold length as defined below.
 
3) the detour is over segments of a different road type than the highway/freeway, and
 
4) the detour is under the threshold length as defined below.


The threshold length if the highway/freeway is a freeway or a major highway is 5 kilometers. The threshold length if the highway is a minor highway is 500 meters.
The threshold length if the highway/freeway is a freeway or a major highway is 5 kilometers. The threshold length if the highway is a minor highway is 500 meters.

Revision as of 21:44, 18 November 2013

Waze routing includes a mechanism to prevent routing off a highway/freeway only to be routed right back on the same highway/freeway. The assumption is that drivers will prefer to remain on the highway/freeway even if waze calculates that taking a series of ramps or other collector/distributor roads is slightly faster or shorter.

Waze routing will not present routes over a detour off a highway/freeway and back on that same highway/freeway when each of the following conditions are met:

  1. the last segment on the highway/freeway before the detour has the same street name and same city name as the next highway/freeway segment after the detour,
  2. the detour is more than one segment long,
  3. the detour is over segments of a different road type than the highway/freeway, and
  4. the detour is under the threshold length as defined below.

The threshold length if the highway/freeway is a freeway or a major highway is 5 kilometers. The threshold length if the highway is a minor highway is 500 meters.