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Woman, hit by car, sues Google for faulty directions
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Posted on 06/01/2010 11:02:36 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Perhaps some of you might think of Rosenberg as just a perambulating chaser. Yet she and her lawyers reason that Google's walking directions were "careless, reckless, and negligent providing of unsafe directions."

Now this is the point at which your complex minds become engaged and my rather simpler version becomes divorced. You see, if you ask Google Maps for walking directions on your laptop you get a very clear warning--yes, on one of those lovely beigey-yellow backgrounds--that reads: "Walking Direction are in Beta. Use caution--This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths."

The question is, does this warning appear when you go to Google Maps on your BlackBerry? Or, even more importantly, on Rosenberg's BlackBerry? It does not appear to appear on the iPhone. Which might suggest the same situation holds with the RIM phone.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2manylawyers; google; lawsuit; lawsuithappy
God help this nation when lawsuits like this are even considered.
1 posted on 06/01/2010 11:02:36 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Goggle has directed me to a number of wrong addresses. Hmm . . . maybe we could make this a class action.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 11:05:25 AM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Might as well pull a daily double and claim she got burns drinking hot Mickey D’s coffee before the collision...


3 posted on 06/01/2010 11:05:51 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Woman, hit by car, sues Google for faulty directions

Yeah, but at least she didn't spill any real hot coffee on her lap.

4 posted on 06/01/2010 11:07:03 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Islander7

Next thing you know, we will have people suing GOOGLE because they were using STREET VIEW as they drove down the road.

“It’s not my fault officer. There clearly is no parked car in that location on Google Maps.”


5 posted on 06/01/2010 11:10:16 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I never trust directions from the internet. If you live in a multipolar metro area like Dallas/Fort Worth, the Bay area or the Twin Cities, you could end up lost. Also, since the mapmakers don’t live in the area, they can’t get a feel for an area. The best idea for a person if they’re trying to get walking directions is to try to know where you’re walking to before you walk. It also doesn’t hurt to get a satellite image of the street you want to walk on.


6 posted on 06/01/2010 11:21:40 AM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

These are the same type of people who call 9/11 when the guy at the drive-thru window gives you the wrong sized fries.


7 posted on 06/01/2010 11:28:14 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Can’t read a paper road map? Then stay the hell away from behind the wheel of a vehicle.


8 posted on 06/01/2010 11:30:25 AM PDT by lesko
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To: lesko
Can’t read a paper road map? Then stay the hell away from behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Uhh....she was walking!

9 posted on 06/01/2010 11:42:38 AM PDT by CT-Freeper (www.ctf.org)
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To: Islander7

“Goggle has directed me to a number of wrong addresses. “

I don’t know how common it is, but on our street, virtually every house is mis-numbered on Google Maps. All the numbers are correctly accounted for, but each is attached to the wrong property.


10 posted on 06/01/2010 11:42:52 AM PDT by DrC
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To: Red in Blue PA

Garmin directed me to my destination on left.

Only problem was on the Hudson River was on my left.

I did not jump in!


11 posted on 06/01/2010 12:00:07 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Red in Blue PA; Revolting cat!
Didn't work so well for me when I wanted to walk from Australia to LA either.


12 posted on 06/01/2010 12:01:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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To: NorthStarStateConservative

Agreed. The surest way to get yourself hopelessly lost in Pittsburgh is to use Google or Mapquest.


13 posted on 06/01/2010 12:04:32 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Red in Blue PA

It was too long in the past that either Google or Microsoft mapping software had directions on how to drive to Europe. I wonder if anyone made it?


14 posted on 06/01/2010 12:08:45 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: UCANSEE2
funny response yet to this post,from what I’ve read. lol........
15 posted on 06/01/2010 12:32:06 PM PDT by sunbird (not enough people say what they mean, and mean what they say.)
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To: CT-Freeper

Fine - same rule applies!


16 posted on 06/01/2010 1:27:50 PM PDT by lesko
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To: reagan_fanatic

...and tell the operator to send the ambulance chaser asap...


17 posted on 06/01/2010 2:15:46 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Warning: Street view is not representative of current traffic conditions. Please assume that any oncoming traffic you see in person is real.


18 posted on 06/01/2010 2:19:24 PM PDT by aruanan
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