3 ms·
I agree 100% and this is a more serious issue in other countries. I've seen Google Maps lead you down some extremely dangerous areas just to save like 5 minutes
by kilroy123 6y ago
I agree 100% and this is a more serious issue in other countries. I've seen Google Maps lead you down some extremely dangerous areas just to save like 5 minutes.
Yeah, there's a reason roads in that area are so open.
- dkdbejwi383 6y agoIt’s another example of unintentional bias at play. Most “Googlers” living in safe, well-maintained suburban USA assuming the rest of the world is the same.
- howlgarnish 6y agoAnybody living on the Bay Area is painfully well aware that there are seriously sketchy neighborhoods. It's probably more an issue of data: there are no street-by-street crime maps for most of the world, and neither can Google feasibly collect this on their own.
- Solocomplex 6y agoThey absolutely could make a "safe zone" map overlay, but the political consequences would be PR suicide.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoWhile I agree with the sentiment, that's a complex problem to solve, what streets are "dangerous" and what aren't. Especially at scale.