━━ GUIDE · REPORTING
How to report police & hazards from your Tesla
Spot a trap, a stall, debris, a closure — and give the driver behind you the heads-up you'd have wanted. With codriver on the Tesla screen it's one tap: no typing, no menus, and your position and heading attach automatically. Here's the whole flow, plus the part most people miss — confirming what others report.
Want the how-it-works depth — consensus, trust scoring, anti-grief? See the community-alerts feature.
The picker from step 4 — eight one-tap kinds
Step by step
Open codriver on the Tesla screen
codriver runs in your Tesla's built-in browser — no app store, no CarPlay. Open it on the 17-inch screen and pair once with your phone. After that it's just there on the map whenever you drive.
Spot something worth flagging
PoliceStopped vehicleObject on roadWork zoneA police car on the shoulder, a stalled vehicle, debris in the lane, fresh roadworks, a closed road. Anything the driver behind you would want a few seconds' warning about.
Tap the '+' on the map
One tap opens the report control right on the drive view. There's no menu diving and nothing to type — the Tesla screen is a no-keyboard surface while moving, so codriver is built entirely around taps.
Pick the kind
PoliceAccidentStopped vehicleObject on roadPotholeAnimalRoad closedWork zoneChoose what you saw: police, accident, hazard, construction, or road-closed (hazard has subtypes like pothole, animal-on-road and flooding). That single tap is the whole report — your position, heading and speed attach automatically from the car.
It's live in seconds
Your report posts immediately. Drivers heading the same way see it appear on their map within a refresh — a few seconds — as a proposed pin, so the warning reaches the people about to need it.
Confirm what others report
This is the other half. As you approach a pin someone else dropped — inside your forward cone, roughly 80 m ahead and heading-aligned — a non-blocking toast asks 👍 or 👎. A tap either confirms it for everyone or disputes it. Three independent confirms promote a pin; disputes retire it. Confirming is how the map stays true.
━━ FAQ
Common questions
What can I report from my Tesla?
The core kinds are police, accident, hazard, construction, and road-closed, with hazard subtypes including pothole, animal-on-road and flooding. The kind catalog is platform-owned, so new kinds (including EV-specific ones like a broken charger or blocked stall) can be added over time without you updating anything.
Do I have to type anything?
No — and that's deliberate. The Tesla screen is a no-typed-input surface while you're moving, so a report is a single tap to open the control and a second tap to pick the kind. Your location, heading and speed come from the car automatically. Nothing to type, nothing to aim at a tiny field.
How fast do other drivers see my report?
Seconds. The report posts the moment you tap, and drivers heading your way pick it up on their next map refresh (every few seconds). Drive-by confirmations from cars right behind you add weight in real time, so a real hazard firms up fast.
What stops fake or stale reports?
Consensus and decay. A new report is only visible to drivers in the forward cone until three independent people confirm it; two disputes retire it, and every dispute halves a pin's remaining life so wrong pins vanish in minutes. Per-device rate limits and trust-weighted scoring mean a serial false-reporter's taps count for less over time. There's a full breakdown on the community-alerts page.
Is reporting safe while driving?
codriver is designed to minimize distraction — one glance, one tap, no typing or reading required, and toasts never block the map. That said, you know your situation and your local laws best; if you can't glance safely, don't. The confirm-what-others-report loop means you're rarely the only person who can flag something.
Curious how codriver compares to the phone-mount way of doing this? See codriver vs Waze.