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Syldon@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Family of man who drove off collapsed bridge sues Google Maps for 'misguiding him to death'

www.lbc.co.uk

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Family of man who drove off collapsed bridge sues Google Maps for 'misguiding him to death'

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Syldon@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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The family of a man who drove off a collapsed bridge are suing Google for 'failing to update its navigation system'.
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    All signs and barriers kept getting moved/stolen.

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      If the bridge was no longer there why wasn’t there massive unmovable concrete barriers in the road?

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        I was as baffled as you are, until I law the location it happened.

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          Well, could you link it? What about the location makes it obvious that they didn’t plate unmovable concrete barriers?

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            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.

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              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

              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…

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                  no

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            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

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            The OP already linked an article which tells you

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              The article doesn’t have pictures or mention why there were no barriers, which I think this person is asking.

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                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

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          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.

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            The developer never turned over the road to the North Carolina DOT after completion of the subdivision.

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