[citation][nom]LORD_ORION[/nom]I hope she wins, software that can result in a death or dangerous situation has different criteria then consumer apps.This would be a wake up call to google to pay attention what the hell they are doing.Would you not be pissed if you found out some highschool intern was designing flight software in a passenger jet? Hell yes.[/citation]
Did you even think about the comparison you made?
There's a difference between a passenger jet software and google map.
If there a bug in the software of the jet, it make you lose control of it and crash (and if you survived it), then yes, sue the maker of the software.
That situation, you can be killed by the software as you may not have the ability to use a second option to get around or out of potential trouble. You life is on the line with the software.
Google map on the other hand: it not put into the thing you using to get somewhere like driving, walking, flying, ect.
It's the person using it that makes the problems. This is a article is a prime example of that.
Google maps didn't twist her arms to walk on that highway nor did it force her to walk in the middle of it.
All it did was make a suggestion of traveling on this road to get from point A to point B.
It's just like saying if google maps suggested to jump off a bridge as you destination maybe in a canyon or if google map said swim from NYC to London, would you do it? i would hope not.
Anyways,
All i have to say about the person in this article is, this is just someone that didn't use there head.