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Family sues Google after Maps allegedly directed father off collapsed bridge (www.theguardian.com)
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Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

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[–] lustrum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

There can be some culpability in Google's direction, it doesn't have to be all the blame.

It's absolutely negligent of Google to suggest that route after been informed multiple times over 10 years the bridge is collapsed.