Online Directions May Have Misled Kim Family

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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This not a "fun" topic, and I really hope this story has a happy
ending to it -- many of us here in the Bay Area have been following
this story very closely.

Having said that, this angle does raise an interesting point.

Via MSNBC (AP).

[snip]

The snow-covered back-country road that trapped the Kim family of San
Francisco was meant for tourists, but not at this time of year.

Authorities say the cyber-savvy family may have plucked the route from
Grants Pass to Gold Beach from an online mapping service, unaware of the
elements.

Despite its impassable snowdrifts and single-lane, Bear Camp Road is
offered as the preferred route on some Web sites and on-board-directions
software available on some new cars, most of which have no business in
those mountains in the winter.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16062935/

Contrast with this:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061204/170215.shtml

- - ferg

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