[email protected]English • 15 hours ago

Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

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Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

[email protected]English • 15 hours ago

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.

“The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was complete.”

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14•3 hours ago
I fail to see how that’s Google Maps’ fault. This is the city’s fault for not blocking the bridge. Would people have complained if a paper map didn’t update all the collapsed bridges daily?

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