A warning has been issued to drivers who use a popular app to avoid speed camera and random police checks on the road.

Western Australia Police Minister Michelle Roberts believes the use of Waze, a Google app, could lead to fatalities as it requires users to touch the screen while driving.

The app allows motorists to upload a warning to other drivers about traffic, congestion breakdowns, accidents, police presence and speed cameras.

The information is then relayed to other road users in the vicinity giving them the option to either confirm or deny the information uploaded by other users.

Western Australia Police Minister Michelle Roberts believes use of a Google app, named Waze, could lead to fatalities on the road as it requires users to touch the screen while driving

Ms Roberts says use of mobile phone while driving is illegal.

'If you're entering any information, if you're touching the screen for example, then you are breaking the law,' Ms Roberts told Nine News.

'Using it to avoid police is just stupid, it's putting your life at risk, but more importantly it's putting other road user's at risk.

'How would you feel if you hit a pedestrian, or a kid on a bike or something of that nature, because you were distracted because you were using an app like this.'

Motorist Chris Doukakis says he hasn't got a speeding fine in the past five years

The application allows motorists to upload warning to other drivers about traffic, congestion breakdowns, accidents, police, and speed cameras

But Waze users believe the app is beneficial to the community.

Motorist Chris Doukakis says he hasn't got a speeding fine in the past five years.

'It's not just about avoiding speeding fines for me, it's also understanding what's happening on the roads,' he said.

'I feel like the number of users is picking up.

'More people are becoming aware of the app and using it but with more users there gonna be more alerts gonna come out and more beneficial to the community.'

Waze has thousands of users in Australia and about 115million across the globe.