1. A method comprising: determining a current location of a vehicle; accessing map data based on the current location of the vehicle, the map data including information about a roadway including a tagged area of the roadway, wherein the tagged area is associated with an object type; receiving information about the vehicle's surroundings generated by an object detection device; detecting a moving object and a geographic location of the moving object based on the received information; and when the geographic location of the moving object corresponds to the tagged area, identifying, by the processor, the moving object as a pedestrian.