Woman hit by car blames Google Maps

[Today]

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A Californian woman is suing Google after claiming their online map service caused her to be run down by a car.

Lauren Rosenberg was using Google Maps on her mobile phone as she travelled by foot while visiting Park City in Utah.

But she claims the instructions on her Blackberry advised her to walk along Deer Valley Drive — a highway without footpaths — where she was struck by a car.

"As a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google's careless, reckless and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle, causing her to suffer severe permanent physical, emotional and mental injuries," AOL News reported court papers as stating.

Key to the case is the fact that a Google Maps warning that appears on personal computers does not feature on mobile phones.

"Use caution — This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths," the warning reads, which remains absent from the mobile version.

Ms Rosenberg is suing Google for just over $118,000 for medical expenses and loss of income.

She is also pursuing legal action against the driver of the car.

 

[UberMario]

You know, when it says to follow a road, it doesn't literally mean to walk in it, some people are unbelievably stupid. If she actually got hit by a car because she was on the apron or in the middle of the road, it's 100% her fault for not using common sense. Now if the driver swerved and hit her and she was NOT in the road,this story just got stranger, but I think it's just a case of a person not using logic.

 

[Jimmyfosho]

I lol'd
/10lols

 

[ru5514n]

$118K is nothing for Google, they should just pay to shut her up.

 

[Jon Farron]

That's rediculous D:
What kind of thing tells you to walk on the highway and who the heck would do it???

 

[Pluvia]

Aw well. There's no cure for stupid I guess.

 

[Geist]

That was a close call. What if google maps directed her straight into a lake?! She could have drowned!

 

[Mic_128]

I wonder if she would have actually rented a canoe...

 

[TL?]

According to another source, not only did she cross an unsafe highway with no pedestrian walkways, she did it AT NIGHT, when it was pitch black.

 

[Fuelbi]

Wait, if Google Maps told her to walk on an unfinished bridge, would she have fallen off?

 

[Segtendo]

I facepalmed when I heard the title.
What an idiot that lady is.

 

[GoldShadow]

Wait, if Google Maps told her to walk on an unfinished bridge, would she have fallen off?

I kind of wish this had happened, because then the world wouldn't have to deal with her stupidity

 

[global-wolf]

Reminds me of that case with the old lady and McDonalds...

 

[Mr.Freeman]

It happened to me too. I fell off a cliff.

 

[Mic_128]

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world, Mr Freeman.

 

[IAmBlu3]

Reminds me of that case with the old lady and McDonalds...

yeah....and she won....

 

[WB40]

This...

You know, when it says to follow a road, it doesn't literally mean to walk in it, some people are unbelievably stupid. If she actually got hit by a car because she was on the apron or in the middle of the road, it's 100% her fault for not using common sense. Now if the driver swerved and hit her and she was NOT in the road,this story just got stranger, but I think it's just a case of a person not using logic.

...and this...

$118K is nothing for Google, they should just pay to shut her up.

...sum up what I think.

 

[MikeKirby]

Did she make sure she set it by walking and not by car?