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Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field [View all]
Source: CNN
Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field
By Michelle Lou, CNN
Updated 0032 GMT (0832 HKT) June 27, 2019
(CNN) — Technology isn't always foolproof, as about 100 Colorado drivers learned when Google Maps offered them a supposedly quick way out of a traffic jam.
A crash on Peña Boulevard, a road leading to Denver International Airport, prompted the app to take drivers on a detour on Sunday.
But it was too good to be true.
The alternate route took drivers down a dirt road that rain had turned into a muddy mess, and cars started sliding around.
Some vehicles couldn't make it through the mud, and about 100 others became trapped behind them.
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By Michelle Lou, CNN
Updated 0032 GMT (0832 HKT) June 27, 2019
(CNN) — Technology isn't always foolproof, as about 100 Colorado drivers learned when Google Maps offered them a supposedly quick way out of a traffic jam.
A crash on Peña Boulevard, a road leading to Denver International Airport, prompted the app to take drivers on a detour on Sunday.
But it was too good to be true.
The alternate route took drivers down a dirt road that rain had turned into a muddy mess, and cars started sliding around.
Some vehicles couldn't make it through the mud, and about 100 others became trapped behind them.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/google-maps-detour-colorado-trnd/index.html
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