It was dark and raining with low visibility. It also gradually drops off, and I wouldn’t expect even an expert driver to notice the drop in the same low visibility conditions. There were no barricades or warning signs. Some people might see this headline and think “lmao wow what an idiot, just pay attention,” but I don’t think they realize how difficult it would have been to notice this drop in the dead of night during rain, especially when you have a trusted, live-updating map service like Google Maps assuring you there is a bridge there.
The bridge collapsed 10 years ago, so there’s no reason Google should have been routing through it. People warned Google for years to update their maps to remove the bridge, but they didn’t.
They aren’t the only entity being sued by the way. Even if the Google suit goes nowhere, the city is being sued for failing to block off the bridge. But that doesn’t make a clickbait headline.
It was dark and raining with low visibility. It also gradually drops off, and I wouldn’t expect even an expert driver to notice the drop in the same low visibility conditions. There were no barricades or warning signs. Some people might see this headline and think “lmao wow what an idiot, just pay attention,” but I don’t think they realize how difficult it would have been to notice this drop in the dead of night during rain, especially when you have a trusted, live-updating map service like Google Maps assuring you there is a bridge there.
The bridge collapsed 10 years ago, so there’s no reason Google should have been routing through it. People warned Google for years to update their maps to remove the bridge, but they didn’t.
They aren’t the only entity being sued by the way. Even if the Google suit goes nowhere, the city is being sued for failing to block off the bridge. But that doesn’t make a clickbait headline.