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by fma 3702 days ago
Maybe they are taking notes from Waze. Waze by default is so crowded your entire map is just icons of random stuff you don't care about. Then every once in a while half your screen is filled by an add that you need to dismiss, while driving, to see where you are going.
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That could cause accidents! I hope they're at least relevant ads for auto and life insurance, tow trucks, chiropractors, tombstones, etc.
It's ads like, there's a KFC en route to my destination.

Touch here to dismiss, touch there to set as destination. It takes like 30 seconds for it to automatically disappear. If I'm on a route I'm familiar with I just let it disappear...but times where I'm going somewhere new I frantically lean forward to my dashboard to dismiss their ad.

ha no, it's just junk food/fast food ads mostly
Which platform for you use for Waze? I use Android and have never seen an ad while moving. Sometimes, the ads show if I am stopped at a stoplight, but they disappear when the car begins moving.
iOS. The funny thing is, is I'm moving 5mph out of my driveway and trying to put my destination it asks if I'm a passenger...

If they want to prevent accidents stop popping up ads that take up half my map while I'm driving down the highway.