Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

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  • coffinwood@feddit.deEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    There has never been a guarantee for a map to be absolutely precise and correct. Just because maps today are digital and get updated automatically - or are even something like “live” - does not mean that there can’t be any inaccuracies.

    And that’s the reason one never relies on a map alone, but uses it as a guide.

    I’ve seen road signs that were simply wrong. Always use a combination of informational input and always be aware of possible flaws.

    • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
      31·
      1 year ago

      Thing is, as the article points out, people had contacted Google trying to get this fixed.

      There was more than one failure here. That’s why the family is suing more than one entity.

      • coffinwood@feddit.deEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        The family might as well sue the local medium that failed seeing the incident in their crystal ball.

      • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orgEnglish
        24·
        1 year ago

        But if I dont step in and defend google on this irrelevant corner of the web, someone might think the person following the GPS route in the rain is an idiot! a dead idiot!

        Everyone in this thread, apparently.