[feat] new hazards warnings feature pretty useless and annoying

razz 2 months ago

my Edge 840 warns me about some animals or holes, someone put on a road parallel to mine main route (still 50? or 100 meters from my road).

Why I'm getting those warnings when I'm not on that road with animals ??

another thing, i had to disable it right away, warnings about unpaved roads, I was getting warnings every 30 seconds ! while being in a big city all the time !!! WTF ....

at the end, the idea is great and I used it to mark some potholes already, but the execution/implementation is very naive ....

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0 razz 9 days ago

now, when more people use hazards, that feature is annoying and useless.... I got all the time warnings about some "hazards" 200-230m from my location, but all o them are on some gravel roads or trails, not on my route (or road) AT ALL !

0 lhol 8 days ago

Disable it, problem solved. I used it 2 rides, concluded that it is a useless feature and will keep a useless feature in the future so I disabled it.

0 rwpierce13 8 days ago

My favorite part of this useless feature was when the indicator popped up and the distance was counting up. Ok, so I'm past the hazard - thanks for that. It's now disabled.

0 razz 8 days ago in reply to lhol

This is exactly what I said, if I disabled it - it becomes useless.

but it could be good if implemented correctly.

0 lhol 8 days ago in reply to razz

The problem is that users report so called hazards. For some people a barking dog is a hazard or a overhanging tree. The best safety feature I got is my bike radar. What in front of I can see and judge for myself if it is a hazard. Ymmv.