Post by Brent George on Sept 24, 2023 19:15:08 GMT
US driver died after Google Maps allegedly led him off a collapsed bridge
Stuff - World: 23-Sept-2023
When Alicia Paxson left her husband behind at a friend’s house where they had celebrated their daughter Amelia’s ninth birthday, the plan was for him to help clean up and drive home later. But when the sun came up the following morning, Phil Paxson was still not home.
“Where’s daddy?” Amelia asked her mother, who told her daughter not to worry. “You know daddy. He is probably out helping somebody.”
But Paxson, a 47-year-old US Navy veteran, died as he drove back alone on the night of September 30, 2022, using Google Maps for directions. The family is suing Google for negligence.
[The main fact in this story is most unfortunate and sad, no doubt. The secondary factors regarding suing all-and-sundry to obtain a monetary compensation is very American, and is to be expected in the land of the free, and home of the litigator.
However, there is no mention of personal responsibility:-
- the responsibility to drive to the conditions;
- the responsibility to drive safely at all times;
- the responsibility to be aware that information you are using (maps and instructions) are just guides and tools, and that the driver has the sole control over the route being taken.]
Stuff - World: 23-Sept-2023
When Alicia Paxson left her husband behind at a friend’s house where they had celebrated their daughter Amelia’s ninth birthday, the plan was for him to help clean up and drive home later. But when the sun came up the following morning, Phil Paxson was still not home.
“Where’s daddy?” Amelia asked her mother, who told her daughter not to worry. “You know daddy. He is probably out helping somebody.”
But Paxson, a 47-year-old US Navy veteran, died as he drove back alone on the night of September 30, 2022, using Google Maps for directions. The family is suing Google for negligence.
[The main fact in this story is most unfortunate and sad, no doubt. The secondary factors regarding suing all-and-sundry to obtain a monetary compensation is very American, and is to be expected in the land of the free, and home of the litigator.
However, there is no mention of personal responsibility:-
- the responsibility to drive to the conditions;
- the responsibility to drive safely at all times;
- the responsibility to be aware that information you are using (maps and instructions) are just guides and tools, and that the driver has the sole control over the route being taken.]