Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Woman sues Google over walking directions
Click on this link to read a Washington Post article about a woman who sued Google because, while following the route it provided her for a walk, she was hit by a car. She argues that the route was not "reasonably safe" for a pedestrian. (Note: read the full article before you come to a conclusion about the strength of her claims!) Do you think Google should be liable for any potential dangers created by the directions it provides? For a more comical example, think of the episode of The Office in which two of the characters end up driving their car into a pond while trying to follow GPS directions.
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The article is not there, but from what I read here I find this article funny because many people (like me) depend a lot on the gps or google maps. If I don't have my google maps from the phone I would probably get lost everyday. I am really bad with directions but if I see that the directions that it is giving me are strange I definitely look it up in a different place. I don't think google should be responsible because the woman could have easily looked for another route or even look while walking. You can get hit by a car anywhere really so I think it is dumb of her to sue google.
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