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Usually that technology works as it’s intended, Levy said, and when drivers use the maps on their smartphones, there’s a reasonable expectation that maps will be updated as roads are opened or closed.Ĭity hall’s roads boss Doug MacRae said all of London’s “road network information” - including updates like the reopening of Blackfriars to eastbound traffic only - is sent to the province, where it’s then distributed to others, including the tech giants like Google and Apple with mapping apps. “Blind loyalty to your GPS can and will get you into trouble.” “There’s this dangerous assumption among drivers that the GPS guidance is the last word when you’re at the wheel, and nothing could be further from the truth,” he said. London-based tech analyst Carmi Levy said an overdependence on smartphones, in-car navigation systems and online maps is a problem in a digital-heavy world. Simpson’s observation - and that of Karen Pettit, who wrote a letter to editor after she saw a vehicle driving the wrong way on the same bridge last week - conjure up memories of the young woman who was so focused on following her GPS device that she plowed into Georgian Bay on a foggy night. 1, after a year of repairs, and this week crews could be seen at the bridge installing “wrong way” signs underneath the “do not enter” visuals already in place. It must not be registering,” Simpson said.īefore Blackfriars Bridge, a 143-year-old heritage structure, was closed for repairs and eventually rebuilt, vehicles could cross it in both directions. “She was a mother, and she said, ‘I’m taking my daughter to Western University, and it’s telling me to go across the bridge.’ The problem is that the GPS is leading them to take a quick route. New signs were added to the east side of Blackfriars Bridge on Ridout Street on Thursday, warning drivers not to travel the wrong way on the bridge, which is open to eastbound traffic only.
Simpson, a Western University political scientist and contributor to The London Free Press, went to speak to the driver.
“They were clearly perplexed,” she said of the folks in the vehicle.
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