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That's actually good precedent to bring up - has e.g. Google Maps or more infamously, Apple Maps, ever been held liable for bad directions? I believe it's still
by hirsin 11y ago
That's actually good precedent to bring up - has e.g. Google Maps or more infamously, Apple Maps, ever been held liable for bad directions? I believe it's still seen as the end user's responsibility to obey the laws, especially when the safeguards fail.
- Jtsummers 11y agoA friend recently (several months ago) was fined because he trusted Google Maps to be accurate and drove into an otherwise unmarked (by the route he took into it) wilderness protection area. He got the minimal fine because he demonstrated that he'd tried to obey the law (showed that Google Maps marked the areas, but marked them incorrectly), but he was still fined.
- ryanlol 11y agoDid he contest that fine in court? If not, why is this story relevant?
- Jtsummers 11y agoHe did. Because it's a demonstration of how the court system (at least in the US) generally works. Pleading ignorance of the law when violating it, even when you use tools that are supposed to prevent that violation, doesn't always work. Anyone using these systems should still be aware of what they're doing and where they're allowed to go and should consider them mitigators, at best, when they get caught in violation of air space.
- tamana 11y agoSurely even without maps the problem is the same: the route is unmarked.
- Jtsummers 11y agoThe maps exist and folks who go in those areas are expected to use them. Available cheaply (free?) anywhere you might get hunting supplies.
- pmarreck 11y agoSomeone got killed recently because Waze took them to a same-named street but in a bad neighborhood in Brazil
- lukeadams 11y agohttp://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/americas/brazil-wrong-directions-death/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/americas/brazil-wrong-directio... seems to be the story you are referencing.
- emodendroket 11y agoWaze seems like insanely dangerous software in the first place. The whole idea of a "social" driving application that constantly pops up little alerts that the driver is supposed to respond to seems to be inviting distracted, dangerous driving.
- Karunamon 11y ago"Supposed to respond to?" Yes, by driving. The alerts take the form of "Traffic ahead". "Police ahead", etc. There is no interaction required, or even expected unless you really want to poke the thumbs up "yes, this alert is still valid" button. (And if you can't do that safely, given the size and consistent location of the button, you probably shouldn't have a license anyways)
- emodendroket 11y ago> unless you really want to poke the thumbs up "yes, this alert is still valid" button. Which is precisely what the app encourages people to do.
- Karunamon 11y agoSee last line. Nobody's getting into wrecks because of Waze.
- emodendroket 11y ago