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3 Men Plunge To Death In Car After Google Maps Directs Them To Take Unfinished Bridge
International Business Times ^ | November 26, 2024 | M.B. Mack

Posted on 11/26/2024 11:48:11 AM PST by Red Badger

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21 posted on 11/26/2024 12:01:03 PM PST by silent_jonny ("it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening." ~ President Trump 7-14-24)
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To: Red Badger

I’m Technology Dave trust me


22 posted on 11/26/2024 12:01:29 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: RoosterRedux

“Most highway departments around the world try to put blockades and signs to prevent such accidents.”

Exactly, there should have been warning signs AND a blockade.

I bought the cheapest driving GPS I could find. It features a woman’s voice that tells me to park and ask someone for directions.


23 posted on 11/26/2024 12:01:56 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: Red Badger
The bridge remained incomplete without warning signs or barricades to indicate danger or a closure,

Hmmm

24 posted on 11/26/2024 12:02:33 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Depending on car and height of driver, you might not be able to see over the crest of a bridge. As such, not all folks would be able to recognize that that part of the bridge is out.


25 posted on 11/26/2024 12:05:35 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

I still prefer to actually see the road before I drive over it.


26 posted on 11/26/2024 12:05:37 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: silent_jonny

I was thinking of that movie!...............


27 posted on 11/26/2024 12:06:28 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Sad to say this, but this is India. Seems life is cheap there. A co-worker who was middle income here, had servants in India before coming here. Him and his wife had a hard time adjusting, they had to learn to do things for themselves. When I asked him about some of the monsoon floods over there and how many people drowned, he just shrugged, said “it happens every year, people die all the time, nothing changes”. Ever see pictures of the electric cable lines strung around towns like spaghetti? Hundreds of passengers clinging to the sides of trains?


28 posted on 11/26/2024 12:07:22 PM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Red Badger

The car landed right on top of the Google Streetview car that was stuck there from a few weeks ago.


29 posted on 11/26/2024 12:09:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Red Badger

Since AI took over everything, Google’s motto is “Be Evil.”

But it’s alright. The families will get money, and in the Bollywood movie the three guys will be singing all the way off the bridge.


30 posted on 11/26/2024 12:10:02 PM PST by x
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To: Red Badger

If that car fell 50 feet, those are some VERY tall people standing up on the bridge.


31 posted on 11/26/2024 12:10:46 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: EvilCapitalist

“Recalculating…”


32 posted on 11/26/2024 12:15:26 PM PST by mikelets456
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To: gitmo

Just yesterday I was following Waze GPS app, got off I-95 onto I-9B and exited on FL hiway 202. Luckily I merged onto 202 since there was opening for me to merge. Had I continued on the exit ramp longer, there were huge chunks of asphalt blocks laying on the road. There were half a dozen disabled cars at the exit right after entering 202. I quickly glanced at one car with front left wheel completely smashed up.


33 posted on 11/26/2024 12:16:02 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Congrats to Trump/Vance tea.m. America has been saved. For a while at least. )
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To: Red Badger

The Indian press tries to make this look like it’s the fault of Google Maps but the money quote is right here “The bridge remained incomplete without warning signs or barricades to indicate danger or a closure, Hindustan Times reported.”

India is a filthy mess.


34 posted on 11/26/2024 12:18:52 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: Gene Eric

Most rivers in India run full only during the monsoon season June-July-August-September. Rest of the year rain is absent and water flows are down to a trickle.


35 posted on 11/26/2024 12:19:48 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Congrats to Trump/Vance tea.m. America has been saved. For a while at least. )
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The bridge remained incomplete without warning signs or barricades to indicate danger or a closure

Nice try blaming Google, Pajeet!

36 posted on 11/26/2024 12:20:53 PM PST by montag813
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37 posted on 11/26/2024 12:21:13 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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38 posted on 11/26/2024 12:23:17 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: wildcard_redneck

But with FIVE times larger voters than United States, election results are known within couple of days. Because no one can vote in the world’s largest democracy without a government issue voter ID with photo. We are still counting votes in CA.


39 posted on 11/26/2024 12:23:27 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Congrats to Trump/Vance tea.m. America has been saved. For a while at least. )
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To: Dr. Sivana

The car landed right on top of the Google Streetview car that was stuck there from a few weeks ago.
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Now that’s funny


40 posted on 11/26/2024 12:28:30 PM PST by sunny bonobo
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