Google Maps Error Leads To Car Driving Off Unfinished Bridge
A Google Maps error led to a car driving off an unfinished bridge! This is Dave’s nightmare! This is like something you might have seen in cartoons but never in…
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A Google Maps error led to a car driving off an unfinished bridge! This is Dave's nightmare!
This is like something you might have seen in cartoons but never in real life. Unfortunately, this is all too real and is not a Sunday morning cartoon. A car flew off a 40-foot unfinished bridge when the driver made a Google Maps error! You don't want that happening. When you use a GPS like Google Maps, you expect it to work and to be accurate. However, that's not always the case. Sometimes there are hazards that it's not aware of or re-routes that it hasn't considered yet. It happens! Sometimes it's more frustrating than others, but this is the worst case scenario. This happened in Indonesia.
Car Drives Off Unfinished Bridge After Google Maps Error
According to The Sun, the 61-year-old driver named Rudie did survive the crash after the 40-foot fall. His passenger also survived the fall, which is pretty crazy when you think about it. Medics did arrive on scene and helped them both.
The Sun reports that Google had mapped the new road and rerouted him away from the incomplete bridge but the changing directions on the car display confused him so he continued driving which resulted in him plunging off the bridge.
Can you imagine if this happened to Dave? It would be his worst nightmare! You can't blame him either. When you use a GPS for directions you're really counting on it getting you there efficiently, safely, and on-time. That was not the case this time around. Should the driver blame it on the co-pilot? I feel like that's what I would end up doing. You have one job! Pay attention to the GPS and tell me where to go! I'll handle the rest. Thankfully, they both were okay.
See photos of the crash provided by The Sun here.
