Approximately 100 Colorado Drivers Drove Into Mud Because Google Maps Told Them To
There is an over-reliance on technology, especially when it comes to navigating. I’m just as guilty as most of you when it comes to simply plugging my destination into my phone and blindly following the directions. Most of the time, it’s fine. Until it isn’t, and you navigation system directs you and almost 100 other strangers onto a muddy road where you can get stuck.
This past weekend, drivers in Aurora, Colorado, who were headed to Denver International Airport found themselves detoured by Google Maps because of a crash that was causing traffic on Peña Boulevard.
One driver, Connie Monsees, told Denver7 that Google Maps showed her a shorter detour along E. 64th Ave, so that’s where she went. Eventually, the road turned into a dirt road before the intersection with Jackson Gap Road. But she kept driving, because there were other cars on the road, so she figured it was okay.
As you can see, E. 64th Avenue does sort of go through some dirt- and field-looking terrain. But you wouldn’t know that if you were driving along it until it was too late, probably.
Unknown to both Monsees and the other drivers was that the dirt road would become a muddy, slippery mess because of the earlier rains.
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There's been a couple of times my GPS has directed me to go down some questionable roads. One time one of these were closed so I went on and it recalculated the route.
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