A creative attorney could make trouble for Alphabet, Inc., if one of these mishaps are a result of misdirection.
But what this will eventually do is render Google unreliable and irrelevant, much like what Wikipedia has become (even 20 years ago, students were warned by professors to NOT cite Wikipedia as an information source for good reason).
Made this mistake one time in LA on business. Blindly followed the directions.......straight into the hood. Car full of four white guys in shades and white shirts/ties. The technology said this was the quickest route, but was not recognizing there was a stop sign or light at every corner. Needless to say we were late for our appointment.
How is that "racist"? Not all low-income people are black (to which the author is referring).
It’s common sense that one should NEVER travel through a democrat jungle infested with hungry pygmy cannibals. You must always be cognizant that your flesh could become food at any time when greeting the “natives”. This is what the big cities in America have become, thanks to the Rat voters. /spit
I can see it now, Google maps having a menu with in addition to “avoid bridges, tolls, ferries, and highways” there is “avoid bad neighborhoods”.
All directions should be thru the heart of the slums and where the crime rates are thru the roof! It is the only way liberals will get a true meaning of diversity since they would follow like the sheep they are. Conservatives know better than to venture into those areas. Sometime you have to give them exactly what they want with both barrels!
Google searches are irrelevant too. They are hampered.
Why not just offer two options:
The scenic route, where you won’t have to worry about meeting your maker during the trip.
The diversity route, where you will likely be making your last trip, but it will be filled with excitement. Also called the suicide route.
Maybe people FROM the ‘hood might want to go the scenic route? Maybe it’s racist to exclude them from info on the scenic route and restrict them to going through the ‘hood that they see every day anyway?
they are welcome to route traffic away from my neighborhood!
I would welcome it!
The Googles, They Are EVIL!
It’s racist to publicize “scenic routes” because it lessens opportunities for residents of the ‘hood to rob/murder/rape/brutalize innocent passersby who make the mistake of traveling “the mean streets of urban America”?
In other words, whites should voluntarily offer themselves up for beatdowns at the hands of “urbanites.”
Hope somebody develops an ad-on app that fixes this. If Google tries to block such an app, Congress should intervene.
Maybe “Mr and Mrs Jones from the suburbs”, who always vote blue, will see what they are supporting. I hope their Prius makes it with all of its hubcaps.
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"Roll 'em up!"
Wealthy suburbanites probably aren’t keen on having Google divert traffic into their neighborhoods.
How hard is it to avoid the hood? Just look up where Martin Luther King Blvd is, and stay far away from it.
