Social Media Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge are claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps. Philip Paxson's family are suing the company over his death, alleging that Google negligently failed to show the bridge had fallen nine years earlier. Mr Paxson died in September 2022 after attempting to drive over the damaged bridge in Hickory, North Carolina. A spokesperson for Google said the company was reviewing the allegations. The case was filed in civil court in Wake County on Tuesday. Mr Paxson, a father of two, was driving home from his daughter's ninth birthday party at a friend's house and was in an unfamiliar neighbourhood at the time of his death, according to the family's lawsuit. His wife had driven his two daughters home earlier, and he stayed behind to help clean up. "Unfamiliar with local roads, he relied on Google Maps, expecting it would safely direct him home to his wife and daughters," lawyers for the family said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. "Tragically, as he drove cautiously in the darkness and rain, he unsuspectingly followed Google's outdated directions to what his family later learned for nearly a decade was called the 'Bridge to Nowhere,' crashing into Snow Creek, where he drowned." FULL STORY Have yyou got any stories where GPS has led you into problems ? please add your comment below. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald Prewster Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 I paid twice for ending up in an new highway or in Taiwan expressway. Blaming Google maps I got the answer, YOU are the operator of YOUR vehicle and if you use maps you use it as an assistant/advisor and not as an instructor, hence fine had to be paid... Claiming google for creating an accident seems a bit odd. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 How did the human race survive without google maps i wonder..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 I could maybe understand if it was a Tesla and he wasn't actually driving, but you still have to look where you're going when you follow maps. Many times, especially here, google has said in the next 50 meters, make a U-turn, when I was supposed to go straight, or in 50 meters, turn right, into a mountain. Wasn't there a barrier before the collapsed bridge? Sad for him and his family, but a lawsuit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald Prewster Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 2 hours ago, LennyW said: How did the human race survive without google maps i wonder..... If you have an old road map give it to a yougster and ask him/her to fold it as it was when bought... He/she will fail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Did he not look out of the windscreen, or were his eyes glued to the GPS screen? Google maps and GPS are good navigation aids, BUT they are only as accurate as the last update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1FinickyOne Posted September 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2023 Wasn't the bridge or road closed? There should have been a detour sign and the passage blocked?? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said: Wasn't the bridge or road closed? There should have been a detour sign and the passage blocked?? If you go off route with your GPS it normally updates its self and gives an alternative route, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said: Wasn't the bridge or road closed? There should have been a detour sign and the passage blocked?? From the article: Quote Barriers that were normally placed across the bridge entrance were missing due to vandalism, according to the Charlotte Observer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 When using Google maps you should not switch off your brain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 1:15 PM, 1FinickyOne said: Wasn't the bridge or road closed? There should have been a detour sign and the passage blocked?? If there was no signage for road closure, the family should sue the county/city/dept. Of transportation, NOT Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Only in America. ???? Sorry, but it is not a paid-for service and will certainly say so in there tos. You've still got to have your brain activated while driving. That is like blaming the maker of a map in the 'good ol' days after you run into roadworks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Zaphod said: If there was no signage for road closure, the family should sue the county/city/dept. Of transportation, NOT Google. agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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