I have no sympathy for GOOGLE, but this lawsuit is ridiculous.
Their maps are screwed up all the time
Were there no signs or roadblocks ?
Did the bridge collapse just happen and no one knew yet?
Medical device salesman drives off a cliff because he was tricked by computer programs? Send that little blue police box/phone booth here QUICKLY
Not Google’s fault....................
How about suing the publisher of an old map that you found in the attic which doesn’t show that the bridge over the river is out?
NO map can be guaranteed to be absolutely up to date, ever.
NO town can be expected to block off a bridge that has collapsed in real time. There will be some delay. Could be an hour, but there will be a delay.
Google cannot be expected to have absolutely up to date maps updated in real time. Cannot happen.
The guy should have known this and not assumed that everything on his electronic device was absolutely up to date. Too bad he died, but it’s his fault.
Let’s start with why DOT didn’t have baricades. As for Google, software gets updated when software gets updated. Personally I’m generally very impressed with how quickly Google Maps recognizes there’s a road problem. I also have no idea how they figure all that out. I’d guess though they’re probably “listening” to the phones of cars in the traffic snarl and figuring out from stoppages and slow downs and diversions what is probably an accident or closure. In the end though you can never trust the machine more than your eyes. Of course bridges tend to arc so it might be hard to eyeball. So again we get back to if somebody could notify Google they probably could have blocked the road.
You are responsible for driving. If you cannot recognize a dangerous curve/bridge/etc and run into something don’t blame the map maker.
Too bad he already spawned, looks like genes might bear part of the blame for this level of stupidity.
Oh, and all those numbnutts out there waiting for self driving cars?? Heh, heh. You will be the ones second in line, right after the fatally stupid crowd.
Having said that, not their fault, this time.
The state and local governments who did not put a stinking barricade, they are at fault. Let's not even get into the fact that the bridge fell NINE years ago and has not yet been repaired.
here’s a story from when it happened, has a news video showing the road and bridge.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/traffic/catawba-county-deadly-crash-jeep-runs-off-closed-bridge-hickory-north-carolina/275-1a06eb43-0a13-40fb-b606-6f07b439b319
When can I sue NOAA for ruining my cookout?
Your daddy is dead because he was stupid and refusing to look at the road, while driving.
I prefer Waze. I can update the maps myself.
As with any driver assistance aid, it’s a tool and the driver is always responsible for controlling the vehicle.
If there was a collapsed bridge and there was no barricade then I’d be pointing at the city or D.O.T..
It’s not like he ran over a pothole - he drove off a bridge!
Mine once took me to the corner of Kill Whitey and Stab Whitey.
- The bridge had been out for nine years since 2013.
- No barriers or warning signs were put up.
- Google continued to ignore reports that the bridge was out.
- Other drivers had gone on the bridge because no barriers or signs were put up and Google kept directing them over the bridge.
-This driver was not familiar with the area.
-He was driving at 11:00 pm on a rainy night.
So sorry for this man and his family.
I hope this costs them a LOT of money.