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Google Maps shortcut leaves Bihar family stranded in Karnataka's dense jungle (www.indiatoday.in)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In Short

Bihar family follows GPS, ends up deep in forest territory

Forced to spend night in car amidst wilderness

Walks 4 kms to find network, rescued by cops next day

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There have been a few articles recently blaming "google maps" for people driving into stupid places. The previous one I saw was where someone drove off the end of a bridge that had been washed out a year ago and not yet rebuilt.

In both cases, I feel the driver was to blame. They were the one operating the vehicle and ignoring all the indications of danger around them, not google.

If google maps told you to drive off a cliff ...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm just imagining a future where Google Maps gets compromised and then the attack commits genocide by making it tell people to crash there car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Sounds like a black mirror episode

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

iirc the actual cause of the crash was a complete lack of barricades leading to the bridge, because India.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I don't think this is Google's fault. You should not just take what it says as hard objective fact.

[–] IsThisAnAI 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure they would have done better with mapquest.

[–] airglow 1 points 5 days ago

MapQuest uses OpenStreetMap data, so that may actually be true for areas where Google Maps has poor coverage.

[–] SupraMario 2 points 4 days ago

So they kept driving deeper into the forest....then didn't turn around....and to make matters worse... decided to leave the car and walk 4km away to find a signal ...the fuck.