Woman suing Google ... claims maps function caused her to get hit by a car

[ChangoLanzao 0]

Today in the Toronto Star:


"Cathal Kelly Staff Reporter

A Utah woman is suing the search engine Google, claiming its maps function gave her walking directions that led her onto a major highway, where she was struck by a car.

The lawsuit seeks more than $100,000 in damages.

Lauren Rosenberg sought directions between two addresses in Utah about 3 kilometres apart. The top result suggested that Rosenberg follow a busy rural highway for several hundred metres. The highway does not have sidewalks. One stretch is blocked by a noise barrier that pushes pedestrians closer to the roadside.

After walking on to the highway, Rosenberg was struck by a car. The driver, Patrick Harwood, is also named in the suit.

Google has pointed out that the directions Rosenberg sought come with a warning of caution for pedestrians. Rosenberg claims that she accessed the Maps function on her Blackberry mobile device, where it did not include the warning.

Others have pointed out that Rosenberg might have been best served by her own eyes after she reached a T-junction and found herself confronted with a patently unsafe walk"

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[riddler 0]

Scott Adams (author of Dilbert cartoons) predicted that in the future, the majority of human deaths will come from bad technology.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

You can't fix stupid.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

"Woman Suing Her Creator...Claims She Was Made Stupid and Suffered Injuries as a Result."

Now that lawsuit may stand a chance

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Stupid people equipped with advanced technology often has ridiculously tragic outcomes.

I googled "Blindly followed GPS" and this site:What's The Harm was near the top.

I had heard of some of these, and others that aren't listed.

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[skyrider 0]

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Today in the Toronto Star:


"Cathal Kelly Staff Reporter

A Utah woman is suing the search engine Google, claiming its maps function gave her walking directions that led her onto a major highway, where she was struck by a car.

The lawsuit seeks more than $100,000 in damages.

Lauren Rosenberg sought directions between two addresses in Utah about 3 kilometres apart. The top result suggested that Rosenberg follow a busy rural highway for several hundred metres. The highway does not have sidewalks. One stretch is blocked by a noise barrier that pushes pedestrians closer to the roadside.

After walking on to the highway, Rosenberg was struck by a car. The driver, Patrick Harwood, is also named in the suit.

Google has pointed out that the directions Rosenberg sought come with a warning of caution for pedestrians. Rosenberg claims that she accessed the Maps function on her Blackberry mobile device, where it did not include the warning.

Others have pointed out that Rosenberg might have been best served by her own eyes after she reached a T-junction and found herself confronted with a patently unsafe walk"

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Oh MY Gawd...

Darwin never planned on the electronic age!

[squirrel 0]

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You can't fix stupid.

but with incidents like this, (if she is unable to breed) you just may be able to clean up the gene pool.

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Where is Darwin when you need him?

[skyrider 0]

This is like the Idiot that drove up the railroad ttakes...because of Google maps!

I worry that skydivers that "don't spot" , for themselves, before exit, are heading the same way...I NEVER exit, without a quick check of where I am

[theonlyski 8]

Im just pissed the dude that hit her only injured her... dont need her seeds getting fertalized if shes that fucking stupid.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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[airtwardo 7]

That law suit will never happen...



...she'll get hit by a train walking to the court house!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[theonlyski 8]

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That law suit will never happen...



...she'll get hit by a train walking to the court house!

Or burn her mouth on a cup of mcdonalds coffee so badly she has to go to the hospital.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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[airtwardo 7]

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That law suit will never happen...



...she'll get hit by a train walking to the court house!

Or burn her mouth on a cup of mcdonalds coffee so badly she has to go to the hospital.

Or eat too many Twinkies and go postal on a grade school.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[davjohns 1]

I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[ltdiver 3]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

Ever see the movie "Idiocracy" ?

Frightening.

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[theonlyski 8]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

Modern healthcare (no matter how shitty some may say it is) has stopped evolution of the strong in our world as we know it. I know I've never been hit by a car while following google maps directions to walk along the side of a highway.

Its sad to say, but we've evolved to the point we can take control of evolution.

'Because Brawndo's got electrolytes.' is sadly what its looking like the world is going to turn out as.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[squirrel 0]

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This is like the Idiot that drove up the railroad ttakes...because of Google maps!

I worry that skydivers that "don't spot" , for themselves, before exit, are heading the same way...I NEVER exit, without a quick check of where I am

funny thing is (at least to me) is that i used to work at NavTech, (Navigation Technologies) which make the databases for in car navigation.

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Where is Darwin when you need him?

[theonlyski 8]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

Ever see the movie "Idiocracy" ?

Frightening.

HAHAH! I just quoted it!

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[JohnMitchell 16]

One of my favorite NOFX songs, The Idiots Are Taking Over.

it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer, is there an answer?

Mensa membership conceding
tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding
Watson, it's really elementary
the industrial revolution
has flipped the bitch on evolution
the benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized, what a bummer
the world keeps getting dumber
insensitivity is standard and faith is being fancied over reason

darwin's rollin over in his coffin
the fittest are surviving much less often
now everything seems to be reversing, and it's worsening
someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool
now angry mob mentality's no longer the exception, it's the rule
and im startin to feel a lot like charlton heston
stranded on a primate planet
apes and orangutans that ran it to the ground
with generals and the armies that obeyed them
followers following fables
philosophies that enable them to rule without regard

there's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
majority rule, don't work in mental institutions
sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions

what are we left with?
a nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists
who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland
pass on traditions
how to get ahead religions
And prosperity via simpleton culture

the idiots are takin over [x8]

[Shell666 0]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

“You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.” ~~ Will Rogers

"Stupid is as stupid does." ~~ Forest Gump

'Shell

[skybill 22]

Hi Chang-"O",
It's just like "Pie Rules" (Anybody can pie anybody else over anything or nothing) Jungle Rules also apply. Too bad she didn't get killed then her demise could get a slot in the yearly "Darwin awards!!"

SCR-2034, SCS-680

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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

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Hi Chang-"O",
It's just like "Pie Rules" (Anybody can pie anybody else over anything or nothing) Jungle Rules also apply. Too bad she didn't get killed then her demise could get a slot in the yearly "Darwin awards!!"

She's still eligible for an "Honorable Mention"

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[virgin-burner 1]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

Ever see the movie "Idiocracy" ?

Frightening.

that flick was hilarious!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[ryoder 1,590]

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Ever see the movie "Idiocracy" ?

Frightening.

that flick was hilarious!

"What *are* these electrolytes? Do you even know?"

"They're... what they use to make Brawndo!"

"But *why* do they use them to make Brawndo?"

"Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. "

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[riddler 0]

"plants need water"

"You mean, like, from the toilet?"

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[IanHarrop 42]

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I sometimes worry that we have become so advanced in our society that we have thwarted survival of the fittest and are therefore doomed.

That ship sailed along time ago

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy