Had to be in Colorado . . . SMH

https://kdvr.com/2019/06/26/nearly-...-at-dia-and-ended-up-stuck-in-an-empty-field/

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.

Connie Monsees was on her way to pick up her husband at the airport when she encountered the wreck on Peña Boulevard.

“I thought ‘maybe there’s a detour’ and pulled it up on Google Maps, and it gave me a a detour that was half the time,” she said. “It was 43 minutes initially, and it was going to be 23 instead — so I took the exit and drove where they told me to.

“There were a bunch of other cars going down [the dirt road] too, so I said, ‘I guess it’s OK.’ It was not OK.”

Luckily, Monsees’ car has all-wheel drive, and she was able to get through the sticky situation. She even gave two people a ride to the airport, and they were able to catch their flights.

“I tore up the front passenger wheel well liner,” Monsees said, adding that others had it much worse.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

This is awesome

 

I saw that. I'm not far from there and my first thought was what a bunch of dumb fs.

 

Go rescue people for $50 bucks a car.

 

Don't want to get my truck dirty..

 

Could be cement trucks in there too.

 

I hate cement trucks. Especially slow white ones.

 

That was my first thought! I used to make a killing by yanking out all the high centered vans and crossovers after a big snowfall.

 

What's crazy is DIA is built on prairie dog land. All the surrounding roads are unimproved poorly maintained dirt roads. Very slick/muddy when wet plus it's FLAT!! You can see for miles. I'm sure I'd spot a 100+ vehicles mired, stuck....and.....turn around....but that's just me...Lemmings going off a cliff..

 

Some dipshits probably have to Google their address to get home... just sayin...

 

Well, it did not HAVE TO BE Colorado ~ we have an abundance of knuckelheads behind the wheel in California, too . . .

 

They are every where.

I keep a compass in my truck (I used to work search and rescue)

I know electronics stop working. They have before and people that search get lost.

I have found more searchers than people that we were looking for lost