Syldon@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoFamily of man who drove off collapsed bridge sues Google Maps for 'misguiding him to death'www.lbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down130
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minus-squareSSUPII@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoAll signs and barriers kept getting moved/stolen.
minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoIf the bridge was no longer there why wasn’t there massive unmovable concrete barriers in the road?
minus-squareArrakis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI was as baffled as you are, until I law the location it happened.
minus-squarePureTryOut@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoWell, could you link it? What about the location makes it obvious that they didn’t plate unmovable concrete barriers?
minus-squareMike@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoThe article just says there were no barriers placed. There were no pictures but it mentions Snow Creek Lake in North carolina as the location if you want to map it on google.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoI don’t get any results for Snow Creek Lake NC. There’s a Snow Creek township but it doesn’t have any lakes I can see Ok the first paragraph says Snow Creek in Hickory, North Carolina other sources lead me to it https://maps.app.goo.gl/zJNzNtordE6YrbJn8 Unless they fixed the bridge since this incident it still says you can use this road…
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agohttps://maps.app.goo.gl/zJNzNtordE6YrbJn8 photo from Sky News
minus-squareMadison_rogue@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agohttps://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/catawba-county-nc-bridge-to-nowhere-death-lawsuit/275-417257fe-2437-4241-8fd6-1e036771ae85
minus-squareArrakis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·2 years agoThe OP already linked an article which tells you
minus-squareMike@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThe article doesn’t have pictures or mention why there were no barriers, which I think this person is asking.
minus-squareArrakis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoOhhhhhhhhhh, my bad. Think I need another coffee!
minus-squareSSUPII@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoI have read because it was a private road, they are legally not allowed to place an unmovable object
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThat doesn’t make sense. If it’s a private road, wouldn’t that mean you can place whatever you want on it? It’s your road.
minus-squareMadison_rogue@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThe developer never turned over the road to the North Carolina DOT after completion of the subdivision.
All signs and barriers kept getting moved/stolen.
If the bridge was no longer there why wasn’t there massive unmovable concrete barriers in the road?
I was as baffled as you are, until I law the location it happened.
Well, could you link it? What about the location makes it obvious that they didn’t plate unmovable concrete barriers?
The article just says there were no barriers placed. There were no pictures but it mentions Snow Creek Lake in North carolina as the location if you want to map it on google.
I don’t get any results for Snow Creek Lake NC. There’s a Snow Creek township but it doesn’t have any lakes I can see
Ok the first paragraph says
other sources lead me to it https://maps.app.goo.gl/zJNzNtordE6YrbJn8
Unless they fixed the bridge since this incident it still says you can use this road…
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no
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zJNzNtordE6YrbJn8
photo from Sky News
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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/catawba-county-nc-bridge-to-nowhere-death-lawsuit/275-417257fe-2437-4241-8fd6-1e036771ae85
The OP already linked an article which tells you
The article doesn’t have pictures or mention why there were no barriers, which I think this person is asking.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, my bad. Think I need another coffee!
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I have read because it was a private road, they are legally not allowed to place an unmovable object
That doesn’t make sense. If it’s a private road, wouldn’t that mean you can place whatever you want on it? It’s your road.
The developer never turned over the road to the North Carolina DOT after completion of the subdivision.
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