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Family of man who drove off collapsed bridge sues Google Maps for 'misguiding him to death' (www.lbc.co.uk)

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[-] Arrakis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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

[-] PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 9 months ago

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

[-] mikegioia@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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....

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

It says the road is closed now.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zJNzNtordE6YrbJn8 photo from Sky News

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

Wow, looking through the 10 year old street view images I couldn’t even see the bridge at first, it’s not very large, the type you likely drive over every day without even thinking of it as a bridge. That’s a disaster waiting to happen, looks like any street. At speed it could be bad during the day, nobody expects to be driving along and suddenly the road is gone. At night impossible. I’m surprised this is the first time it’s happened, if it hasn’t happened before.