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NYC Asks Google Maps For Fewer Left Turns
An anonymous reader writes: Members of the New York City Council have sent a letter to Google asking that its Maps navigation system provide users an option to "reduce left turns." Pedestrian safety is the issue they're trying to improve. In the U.S., a quarter of all accidents involving pedestrians happen while a vehicle is making a left turn. "The first cause of death for New York City children under 13 is not gangs, it's not poverty, not violence. It's being hit by cars and trucks. This is the time for the city to reach out to the private sector, so they can help us to provide information to drivers about where you should avoid making left turns." The council members are also asking for an option that would let truckers stay on known truck routes, hoping that would prevent the problems that arise when big-rigs wander onto streets not large enough to safely accommodate them.
Left turn = three right turns. Three times safer, right?
Had you stopped after your first line you'd be moderated "insightful". Instead you'll like be moderated "funny". I expect my second line may have moved my comment out of "troll" and into "funny" as well, though slashdot users with moderator points are not renowned for having a sense of humor about themselves.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
I live in Ireland, you insensitive clod!
Wait, Ellen Pao and Obama are video games?
Switch to driving on the left.
NYC should just ask Google to track children in real-time and let drivers know when one is nearby. And especially flag the ones who aren't being watched by an adult; they're way more likely to play in traffic.
Pervasive surveillance... it's for the children!
Log in or piss off.
It's Political Correctness gone mad!
BTW, did you notice this story is literally NYC asking Google Maps to have a leftward bias?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
BTW, did you notice this story is literally NYC asking Google Maps to have a leftward bias?
No, but I did notice the exact opposite of that.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
They personalize search results. Why not directions?
They're too busy figuring out the next way to shit up the maps interface with more idiotic changes.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
In Germany to go left, you take the *Third Right*