Idiot gets hit by car on busy streeet - sues Google Maps

[ghost of tibor]

Woman sues Google over walking directions - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com

SALT LAKE CITY - A pedestrian who says she was injured by a motorist while following an online walking route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google Inc.supplied unsafe directions.
Lauren Rosenberg filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Utah. It also names a motorist she says hit her.
Rosenberg, a resident of Los Angeles County, says she used her phone in January to download walking directions from one end of Park City to the other.
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[PlanetFrnd]

Fucking great - now everytime I use google map on my phone I'll have to agree to the terms of use just like the idiotic message on my car's navi.

 

[BigJim]

If google has that much power on where people walk they could really put it to good use.

 

[Folanator]

It's too bad her DNA was not completly removed from the gene pool.

 

[Deety]

It isn't Google alone threatening human lives. My GPS routinely tries to trick me into running into trees and off large cliffs. I suspect this is how the machines plan to take over. One day, everyone will suddenly make a hard left into oblivion and suddenly our toaster-robots will transform and be eating our junk food and using our internets.

AKAK will back me up on this one.

 

[Apache]

Off the subject but speaking of accidents, a drunk driver at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport did a Dukes of Hazard move over a toll booth. Clipped the tollbooth and landed. Neither driver or attendant was hurt. Had to change a few diapers but no injuries.

Look it up on YouTube. Drunk Driver DFW