iirc the actual cause of the crash was a complete lack of barricades leading to the bridge, because India.
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smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
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 …
Steve@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
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.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Sounds like a black mirror episode