If Google told you to jump off a cliff, would you?

Release Date 30 May, 2010 in Fortune

 
   

If Google told you to jump off a cliff, would you?

Fortune - Seth Weintraub - 30 May, 2010
A Utah woman used Google Maps' walking directions on her Blackberry and was given directions to walk onto a highway. She got hit and is now suing Google for ...

Woman Using Google's Directions Gets Hit By Car, Sues Google

TheTechJournal.com (blog) - 30 May, 2010
A woman following Google's directions walk onto a highway and got hit by a car, and is now suing the company for $100000. You would think anyone following ...

Woman Suing Google Over Directions That Got Her Hit By A Car

Gizmodo Australia - Kyle VanHemert - 30 May, 2010
I trust Google with a lot of things, but when in doubt I always fall back on good-old common sense. ...

Woman Sues Google Over Bad Directions

Techie Buzz - Tehseen Baweja - 30 May, 2010
With the advent of every new technology comes a variety of lawsuits. The “Walking Directions” feature of Google Maps ...

Person Struck By A Car After Following Walking Directions From Google Maps

UberGizmo (blog) - 30 May, 2010
Technology is great, but sometimes weird things happen as folks begin to depend on technology too much. Such might be the case for a lady who was in Utah. ...

Google Maps directions lead to lawsuit

TECH.BLORGE.com - Dave Parrack - 30 May, 2010
The one thing technology is never going to be able to replace is common sense. And that's sadly lacking in some people. ...

Hit by car, woman sues Google for bad walking directions

Examiner.com - 30 May, 2010
We've warned in the past that you shouldn't blindly rely on your GPS unit to give you directions, as people have been led astray (and nearly off cliffs) ...

 

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