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so there’s this old bridge out in hickory, nc. the snow creek bridge it’s called. washed out in a bad storm back in 2013. hickory isn’t so great at being a functional municipality so everyone just kind of shrugged and left it looking like this for nearly a decade the city never filed any kind of paperwork. the road never officially closed. so for just as many years all officially published map data continued to show it as a valid route a valid route that google maps would gleefully suggest as the best way to get across town should be an easy enough fix, right? well, people reported it for years and google did nothing. which is really confusing because their data center one town over in lenoir is a real important one for google maps. when you go through the entrance there’s this crazy hallway that’s completely wrapped in landsat visuals. it’s pretty neat so yeah, this was a literally deadly maps issue in the literal back yard of google maps and google ignored all feedback for years. kept on trying to feed people to the bridge instead took em awhile, but eventually they pulled it off. on september, 30th, 2022 a man named philip paxon was driving back home from celebrating his daughter’s ninth birthday. didn’t quite know the way, so he pulled up google maps and it sent him to his death google maps still suggests the snow creek bridge as a valid route Dick Fontaine fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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Sep 23, 2023 06:14
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in the small town i grew up in if you got really high and did lsd you could drive to murder bridge and sometimes you could hear a woman cry way off in the distance woah
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Sep 23, 2023 06:16
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i read about this in the news and they should rename it the darwin award bridge
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Sep 23, 2023 06:18
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we have an unfinished road out past the interstate, and they put a simple barricade up so you don’t just blindly drive forward past the end at night how is NC worse at roads than FL?
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Sep 23, 2023 07:16
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M a p q u e s t
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Sep 23, 2023 07:29
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I hope the guy wins his lawsuit
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Sep 23, 2023 07:36
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Bad Purchase posted:we have an unfinished road out past the interstate, and they put a simple barricade up so you don’t just blindly drive forward past the end at night the bridge is on private land. the city’s done all they can do, or at least that’s what they say
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Sep 23, 2023 07:43
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It's a valid route, he just wasn't going fast enough.
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Sep 23, 2023 07:44
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Schweinhund posted:It's a valid route, he just wasn't going fast enough. this is why no one likes engineers
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Sep 23, 2023 07:45
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https://www.crowdcontrolwarehouse.com/collections/concrete-jersey-barrier Anyway when a local bridge got bad barriers were set up. There was a vote to pay to fund the bridge (and like 2 others) that past. There's now a new bridge. The end. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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Sep 23, 2023 07:48
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I loving love trains!
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that's a poo poo situation with the road and that. but i mean if you just follow google maps basically off a cliff then i dunno that's kind of on you i reckon 
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Sep 23, 2023 07:49
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you have to wonder, what dark thing will awaken when the bridge has had enough? why is google so determined to make it happen?
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Sep 23, 2023 07:56
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This seems more like an issue that the landowner/town/dot would be responsible for but I guess they don't have enough money, better sue google on a flimsy pretext and get our beloved family member's very dumb death plastered all over the internet
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Sep 23, 2023 09:59
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Could they not at least put a few cones out or something. In the dark you could see that too late.
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Sep 23, 2023 10:04
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Jippa posted:Could they not at least put a few cones out or something. In the dark you could see that too late. Supposedly there had been some sort of barrier or signage but they were missing due to vandalism.
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Sep 23, 2023 10:08
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Yeah OP it's clearly google's fault for not constantly keeping track of the state of every single road on earth, and not the fault of this municipality that knew it had a dangerously damaged road and not only refused to report it as such but also couldn't even be hosed to put out a single loving traffic cone
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Sep 23, 2023 10:35
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Google knew about the problem for years and has done nothing. Do you think they have no responsibility here?
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Sep 23, 2023 10:54
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the board should be compelled to drive across it until enough wreckage fills it and they can just pave over
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Sep 23, 2023 10:56
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Blame lies with the parents of whoever built that bridge
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Sep 23, 2023 10:58
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No. 6 posted:Google knew about the problem for years and has done nothing. Do you think they have no responsibility here? Google receiving reports != google knowing there's a real problem. I could make a report every week that the road near my place is broken, doesn't mean it is. They'd have to investigate and confirm. The responsibility lies on the town's leadership, who, according to OP, were reporting the whole time that the road is fine.
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Sep 23, 2023 11:08
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I could sink a few unmovable concrete posts in front of that son of a bitch for about 200 bucks.
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Sep 23, 2023 11:49
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Reading into it a bit it seems like the town says they are absolved of responsibility because the road was made by a private development company (which is now defunct) and they never formally turned over...ownership? to the state/town. Which seems like a pretty flimsy defense lol.
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Sep 23, 2023 11:54
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This is some great Twitter bait, if you make a post it would get good traction if it gets recommended. Basically put the first line and the part where the guy died. I been reading a lot of Twitter lately ok
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Sep 23, 2023 12:02
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It was at night so I don't know how much you can blame the guy for not seeing it, but do whatever makes you feel good I guess
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Sep 23, 2023 12:02
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he probably just wasn't going fast enough
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Sep 23, 2023 12:09
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Jeep Gladiator lol, sounds about right.
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Sep 23, 2023 12:13
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There's two initially parallel roads near my grandma's house , one of which is a seasonal dirt road that's a useful shortcut between two tourist towns. The order is paved and ends as a boat ramp into a lake. More than once, late at night, people have turned 200' too early or too late and driven on a nice smooth asphalt road strait into the lake. Speleothing fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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Sep 23, 2023 12:16
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Death bridge is a 2/5 album, not literally the worst in genre, but disappointing to everyone involved
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Sep 23, 2023 12:28
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in any sane country there would be an expectation for the local government to provide a solution here a quick google (lol) search shows that you can get 32 of these loving things for like $600. That’s all they needed to do to prevent this! 
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Sep 23, 2023 12:53
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It’s weird because the light from the meth trailers exploding and burning crosses every ten feet should’ve let him see the road easily
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Sep 23, 2023 12:54
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Devils Affricate posted:Google receiving reports != google knowing there's a real problem. I could make a report every week that the road near my place is broken, doesn't mean it is. They'd have to investigate and confirm. The responsibility lies on the town's leadership, who, according to OP, were reporting the whole time that the road is fine. You're right. It's better to do nothing.
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Sep 23, 2023 12:55
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Henry Lee Mucus posted:It’s weird because the light from the meth trailers exploding and burning crosses every ten feet should’ve let him see the road easily yeah something's up, there's more to the story i bet
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Sep 23, 2023 12:57
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Everyone knows if you wanna jump a dry river bed you hit the gas, honk your horn that plays Dixie, and yell YEEEEHAAAWWWWW
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Sep 23, 2023 13:04
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Google Death Bridge - Fascinating Horror (short documentary)
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Sep 23, 2023 13:12
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When I first read this, I thought he was just a moron that decided to follow the GPS to his death like a lemming, but if it was dark out and there’s no barrier it’s possible he just drove straight off the bridge to his icy death. Eagerly awaiting the update to Google’s terms of service where I agree not to drive off any bridges even if Google tells me I should.
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Sep 23, 2023 13:12
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Snowy posted:Everyone knows if you wanna jump a dry river bed you hit the gas, honk your horn that plays Dixie, and yell YEEEEHAAAWWWWW **Plunges the General Lee off a cliff into icy water, Bo and Luke drown, Daisy hires a lawyer. Roll credits**
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Sep 23, 2023 13:14
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I hate driving through NC, it feels like every single piece of interstate is under construction, over budget, and behind schedule all the time and NC drivers are aggressive maniacs. Getting flipped off because I'm only doing 15 over the speed limit in the right hand lane is not something that has happened to me in any other state but it's happened in NC more than once. Thank god I only have to drive through it once every few years.
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Sep 23, 2023 13:50
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ThisDick Fontaine posted:
Vs This  drat the future is lame as hell
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He probably tried to opt out of targeted advertising and Google took revenge.
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