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Western People: Lorry drivers are led astray in Mayo by Google Maps. “Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are being led astray by Google Maps and are ending up stuck at narrow junctions, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr John O’Malley raised the matter at the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet MD, when he asked for signage to be erected at two specific locations in Westport.”

Western People: Lorry drivers are led astray in Mayo by Google Maps. “Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are being led astray by Google Maps and are ending up stuck at narrow junctions, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr John O’Malley raised the matter at the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet MD, when he asked for signage to be erected at two specific locations in Westport.”

Western People: Lorry drivers are led astray in Mayo by Google Maps. “Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are being led astray by Google Maps and are ending up stuck at narrow junctions, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr John O’Malley raised the matter at the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet MD, when he asked for signage to be erected at two specific locations in Westport.”

Western People: Lorry drivers are led astray in Mayo by Google Maps. “Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are being led astray by Google Maps and are ending up stuck at narrow junctions, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr John O’Malley raised the matter at the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet MD, when he asked for signage to be erected at two specific locations in Westport.”

Western People: Lorry drivers are led astray in Mayo by Google Maps. “Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are being led astray by Google Maps and are ending up stuck at narrow junctions, a local councillor has claimed. Cllr John O’Malley raised the matter at the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet MD, when he asked for signage to be erected at two specific locations in Westport.”

Arizona’s Family: Google Maps leads drivers astray onto rough forest roads near Payson. “Gila County Sheriff’s Office posted on Sunday that multiple vehicles got stuck near Forest Service Road 64 and Forest Service Road 198, roughly 20 miles northeast of Payson. Google Maps reportedly rerouted drivers onto Forest Service Road 64 from Highway 260, causing a traffic blunder. Deputies say the […]

Arizona’s Family: Google Maps leads drivers astray onto rough forest roads near Payson. “Gila County Sheriff’s Office posted on Sunday that multiple vehicles got stuck near Forest Service Road 64 and Forest Service Road 198, roughly 20 miles northeast of Payson. Google Maps reportedly rerouted drivers onto Forest Service Road 64 from Highway 260, causing a traffic blunder. Deputies say the […]

Arizona’s Family: Google Maps leads drivers astray onto rough forest roads near Payson. “Gila County Sheriff’s Office posted on Sunday that multiple vehicles got stuck near Forest Service Road 64 and Forest Service Road 198, roughly 20 miles northeast of Payson. Google Maps reportedly rerouted drivers onto Forest Service Road 64 from Highway 260, causing a traffic blunder. Deputies say the […]

Arizona’s Family: Google Maps leads drivers astray onto rough forest roads near Payson. “Gila County Sheriff’s Office posted on Sunday that multiple vehicles got stuck near Forest Service Road 64 and Forest Service Road 198, roughly 20 miles northeast of Payson. Google Maps reportedly rerouted drivers onto Forest Service Road 64 from Highway 260, causing a traffic blunder. Deputies say the […]

Arizona’s Family: Google Maps leads drivers astray onto rough forest roads near Payson. “Gila County Sheriff’s Office posted on Sunday that multiple vehicles got stuck near Forest Service Road 64 and Forest Service Road 198, roughly 20 miles northeast of Payson. Google Maps reportedly rerouted drivers onto Forest Service Road 64 from Highway 260, causing a traffic blunder. Deputies say the […]

Jalopnik: These Google Maps Alternatives Make Scenic Detours The Road Trip Rule, Not The Exception . “Here at Jalopnik, we believe that taking the scenic route should be a universal road trip rule, so Google Maps’ reluctance to provide drivers with a scenic route option really rubs us the wrong way. You’re in luck, though, because we’ve dug up tons of road trip map alternatives that can get you […]

Jalopnik: These Google Maps Alternatives Make Scenic Detours The Road Trip Rule, Not The Exception . “Here at Jalopnik, we believe that taking the scenic route should be a universal road trip rule, so Google Maps’ reluctance to provide drivers with a scenic route option really rubs us the wrong way. You’re in luck, though, because we’ve dug up tons of road trip map alternatives that can get you […]

Jalopnik: These Google Maps Alternatives Make Scenic Detours The Road Trip Rule, Not The Exception . “Here at Jalopnik, we believe that taking the scenic route should be a universal road trip rule, so Google Maps’ reluctance to provide drivers with a scenic route option really rubs us the wrong way. You’re in luck, though, because we’ve dug up tons of road trip map alternatives that can get you […]

Jalopnik: These Google Maps Alternatives Make Scenic Detours The Road Trip Rule, Not The Exception . “Here at Jalopnik, we believe that taking the scenic route should be a universal road trip rule, so Google Maps’ reluctance to provide drivers with a scenic route option really rubs us the wrong way. You’re in luck, though, because we’ve dug up tons of road trip map alternatives that can get you […]

Jalopnik: These Google Maps Alternatives Make Scenic Detours The Road Trip Rule, Not The Exception . “Here at Jalopnik, we believe that taking the scenic route should be a universal road trip rule, so Google Maps’ reluctance to provide drivers with a scenic route option really rubs us the wrong way. You’re in luck, though, because we’ve dug up tons of road trip map alternatives that can get you […]

MakeUseOf: I turned an old phone into an offline GPS, and it works too well. “There are so many ways to put that old phone of yours to good use, and recently it came to my mind, why not use it as an offline GPS for my car? This way, my primary driver can relax and focus on other important stuff, such as playing music or just preserving the battery. If you also have a retired device lying in […]

MakeUseOf: I turned an old phone into an offline GPS, and it works too well. “There are so many ways to put that old phone of yours to good use, and recently it came to my mind, why not use it as an offline GPS for my car? This way, my primary driver can relax and focus on other important stuff, such as playing music or just preserving the battery. If you also have a retired device lying in […]

UPI: Google Maps glitch sends drivers the wrong way on one-way road. “Winona Drive residents said they discovered last week that the sudden influx of wrong-way drivers on the southbound street was a result of a Google Maps error that listed the road as northbound-only. The error was in place as early as April 29.”

UPI: Google Maps glitch sends drivers the wrong way on one-way road. “Winona Drive residents said they discovered last week that the sudden influx of wrong-way drivers on the southbound street was a result of a Google Maps error that listed the road as northbound-only. The error was in place as early as April 29.”

UPI: Google Maps glitch sends drivers the wrong way on one-way road. “Winona Drive residents said they discovered last week that the sudden influx of wrong-way drivers on the southbound street was a result of a Google Maps error that listed the road as northbound-only. The error was in place as early as April 29.”

UPI: Google Maps glitch sends drivers the wrong way on one-way road. “Winona Drive residents said they discovered last week that the sudden influx of wrong-way drivers on the southbound street was a result of a Google Maps error that listed the road as northbound-only. The error was in place as early as April 29.”

UPI: Google Maps glitch sends drivers the wrong way on one-way road. “Winona Drive residents said they discovered last week that the sudden influx of wrong-way drivers on the southbound street was a result of a Google Maps error that listed the road as northbound-only. The error was in place as early as April 29.”

Dexerto: California man uses elaborate drone show to help delivery drivers find his house. “To help with this issue, [Tom] BetGeorge programmed an army of drones to perform an extravagant light show to guide confused couriers in the right direction. In the viral video, the drones show messages like, ‘Wrong driveway, back up,’ ‘There you go, keep going,’ and ‘Over here’ with a giant […]

Dexerto: California man uses elaborate drone show to help delivery drivers find his house. “To help with this issue, [Tom] BetGeorge programmed an army of drones to perform an extravagant light show to guide confused couriers in the right direction. In the viral video, the drones show messages like, ‘Wrong driveway, back up,’ ‘There you go, keep going,’ and ‘Over here’ with a giant […]

TrendWatching: Moogle Gaps serves up misdirections instead of shortest routes — and that’s the point. “Whipped up by two Australian ex-Droga5 creatives, Paul Meates and Henry Kimber, Moogle Gaps is an anti-wayfinder. Users input their navigational query as they normally would, but instead of the most efficient route from A to B, the app offers misdirections — or as its builders put it, ‘a […]

TrendWatching: Moogle Gaps serves up misdirections instead of shortest routes — and that’s the point. “Whipped up by two Australian ex-Droga5 creatives, Paul Meates and Henry Kimber, Moogle Gaps is an anti-wayfinder. Users input their navigational query as they normally would, but instead of the most efficient route from A to B, the app offers misdirections — or as its builders put it, ‘a […]

Vernon Matters: Google Maps showing incorrect routes around Aberdeen Rd. closure. “The District of Coldstream is warning residents about an incorrect Google Maps route around the Aberdeen Road Closure. The road is closed for the ongoing sewer enhancement work, and Google Maps is directing drivers to routes through private property and open fields.”

Vernon Matters: Google Maps showing incorrect routes around Aberdeen Rd. closure. “The District of Coldstream is warning residents about an incorrect Google Maps route around the Aberdeen Road Closure. The road is closed for the ongoing sewer enhancement work, and Google Maps is directing drivers to routes through private property and open fields.”

Vernon Matters: Google Maps showing incorrect routes around Aberdeen Rd. closure. “The District of Coldstream is warning residents about an incorrect Google Maps route around the Aberdeen Road Closure. The road is closed for the ongoing sewer enhancement work, and Google Maps is directing drivers to routes through private property and open fields.”

Vernon Matters: Google Maps showing incorrect routes around Aberdeen Rd. closure. “The District of Coldstream is warning residents about an incorrect Google Maps route around the Aberdeen Road Closure. The road is closed for the ongoing sewer enhancement work, and Google Maps is directing drivers to routes through private property and open fields.”

ABC News (Australia): Meet the mapmakers recording every remote road in Australia to keep travellers safer. “It’s the kind of thorough mapping that’s needed more than ever, as an increasing number of Australians get lost and bogged due to our reliance on mobile phone apps, such as Google Maps. The global mapping systems have patchy coverage of regional areas, and often don’t function out bush […]

ABC News (Australia): Meet the mapmakers recording every remote road in Australia to keep travellers safer. “It’s the kind of thorough mapping that’s needed more than ever, as an increasing number of Australians get lost and bogged due to our reliance on mobile phone apps, such as Google Maps. The global mapping systems have patchy coverage of regional areas, and often don’t function out bush […]

CTV News: Montreal’s Trudeau airport warns Google Maps is sending drivers to wrong address. “The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) is warning that a Google Maps orientation issue is directing drivers to the wrong address.”

CTV News: Montreal’s Trudeau airport warns Google Maps is sending drivers to wrong address. “The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) is warning that a Google Maps orientation issue is directing drivers to the wrong address.”

CTV News: Montreal’s Trudeau airport warns Google Maps is sending drivers to wrong address. “The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) is warning that a Google Maps orientation issue is directing drivers to the wrong address.”

CTV News: Montreal’s Trudeau airport warns Google Maps is sending drivers to wrong address. “The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) is warning that a Google Maps orientation issue is directing drivers to the wrong address.”

Donegal News: Council request Google Maps change misnamed Letterkenny road. “The name was coined in error by Google Maps a number of years ago, but much to the annoyance of locals, it has stuck, so much so that Donegal County Council have even referred to the road as the Grange Road…. This confusion has led to problems for delivery drivers, taxis and people who have recently moved to the […]

Donegal News: Council request Google Maps change misnamed Letterkenny road. “The name was coined in error by Google Maps a number of years ago, but much to the annoyance of locals, it has stuck, so much so that Donegal County Council have even referred to the road as the Grange Road…. This confusion has led to problems for delivery drivers, taxis and people who have recently moved to the […]

Donegal News: Council request Google Maps change misnamed Letterkenny road. “The name was coined in error by Google Maps a number of years ago, but much to the annoyance of locals, it has stuck, so much so that Donegal County Council have even referred to the road as the Grange Road…. This confusion has led to problems for delivery drivers, taxis and people who have recently moved to the […]

Donegal News: Council request Google Maps change misnamed Letterkenny road. “The name was coined in error by Google Maps a number of years ago, but much to the annoyance of locals, it has stuck, so much so that Donegal County Council have even referred to the road as the Grange Road…. This confusion has led to problems for delivery drivers, taxis and people who have recently moved to the […]

Waze Blog: Drive with “SpongeBob” on Waze. “The world’s favorite sponge is jumping in as a navigator for an open-road adventure! To celebrate the upcoming release of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ in theatres December 19, SpongeBob is bringing his nautical charm, quick wit, and bursts of positivity to your daily drive.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/waze-blog-drive-with-spongebob-on-waze/

Waze Blog: Drive with “SpongeBob” on Waze. “The world’s favorite sponge is jumping in as a navigator for an open-road adventure! To celebrate the upcoming release of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ in theatres December 19, SpongeBob is bringing his nautical charm, quick wit, and bursts of positivity to your daily drive.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/waze-blog-drive-with-spongebob-on-waze/

Phone Arena: T-Mobile just lost a customer forever thanks to a Google Maps ad that nearly caused a crash. “The author described driving toward a destination when Google Maps suddenly asked whether they wanted to add a stop at a nearby T-Mobile store. The prompt appeared in large alert-style lettering just as they were passing through an intersection, and they felt that any unexpected movement […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/28/phone-arena-t-mobile-just-lost-a-customer-forever-thanks-to-a-google-maps-ad-that-nearly-caused-a-crash/

Phone Arena: T-Mobile just lost a customer forever thanks to a Google Maps ad that nearly caused a crash. “The author described driving toward a destination when Google Maps suddenly asked whether they wanted to add a stop at a nearby T-Mobile store. The prompt appeared in large alert-style lettering just as they were passing through an intersection, and they felt that any unexpected movement […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/28/phone-arena-t-mobile-just-lost-a-customer-forever-thanks-to-a-google-maps-ad-that-nearly-caused-a-crash/

Somerset Live: Tiny Somerset village bombarded by lorries as residents beg council for help. “Chair of Lullington Parish Meeting Gus Colquhoun said the trouble started around six months ago when Google Maps started advertising the village as a shortcut to Frome…. Since then, lorries have gotten stuck and been forced to reverse back through the village. Meanwhile, Grade II listed walls have […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/26/somerset-live-tiny-somerset-village-bombarded-by-lorries-as-residents-beg-council-for-help/

Somerset Live: Tiny Somerset village bombarded by lorries as residents beg council for help. “Chair of Lullington Parish Meeting Gus Colquhoun said the trouble started around six months ago when Google Maps started advertising the village as a shortcut to Frome…. Since then, lorries have gotten stuck and been forced to reverse back through the village. Meanwhile, Grade II listed walls have […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/26/somerset-live-tiny-somerset-village-bombarded-by-lorries-as-residents-beg-council-for-help/

Weekly output: Google’s live lane guidance, Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoils

LISBON–I traveled here to speak at my ninth Web Summit conference in Europe via another EU city that I’m quite fond of, Barcelona. The Mozilla Foundation had the good taste to host its Mozilla Festival there and then provide me with a travel stipend to cover the event, so of course I was willing to start my Web Summit trip a few days early. Even though that left me little time at home between working a 15-hour day Tuesday as an election officer and then heading to Dulles Airport Wednesday afternoon.

11/4/2025: Safe to Go? Google Maps Adds ‘Live Lane Guidance’ for Polestar 4 EVs, PCMag

PCMag had two stories under my byline this week, and this was the one I actually wrote this week to cover an update to the built-in Google navigation in one of Polestar’s battery-electric vehicles. The other involved my editor updating a post I wrote in May about President Trump withdrawing his nomination of private astronaut and payments billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, the new plot twist being that Trump had changed his mind again and had re-nominated Isaacman. I realize how confusing that last sentence can look. 

11/7/2025: This battery-electric hydrofoil could supercharge a ferry transformation, Fast Company

Two years after getting an introduction to the Swedish startup Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoil sport boats on the San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed an update of the experience on waters I know much better–the Potomac and the Anacostia. With a longer word count than I had for that PCMag report in the summer of 2023, I went into much more detail about Candela’s ambitions to get into the passenger-ferry business, its likely competition in that market, and potential obstacles to electrifying ferries.

#Anacostia #batteryElectricVehicle #Candela #cleanTransportation #drivingDirections #electricBoat #EVs #ferry #GoogleMaps #greenTransportation #navigation #Polestar #Potomac

Weekly output: Google’s live lane guidance, Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoils

LISBON–I traveled here to speak at my ninth Web Summit conference in Europe via another EU city that I’m quite fond of, Barcelona. The Mozilla Foundation had the good taste to host its Mozilla Festival there and then provide me with a travel stipend to cover the event, so of course I was willing to start my Web Summit trip a few days early. Even though that left me little time at home between working a 15-hour day Tuesday as an election officer and then heading to Dulles Airport Wednesday afternoon.

11/4/2025: Safe to Go? Google Maps Adds ‘Live Lane Guidance’ for Polestar 4 EVs, PCMag

PCMag had two stories under my byline this week, and this was the one I actually wrote this week to cover an update to the built-in Google navigation in one of Polestar’s battery-electric vehicles. The other involved my editor updating a post I wrote in May about President Trump withdrawing his nomination of private astronaut and payments billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, the new plot twist being that Trump had changed his mind again and had re-nominated Isaacman. I realize how confusing that last sentence can look. 

11/7/2025: This battery-electric hydrofoil could supercharge a ferry transformation, Fast Company

Two years after getting an introduction to the Swedish startup Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoil sport boats on the San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed an update of the experience on waters I know much better–the Potomac and the Anacostia. With a longer word count than I had for that PCMag report in the summer of 2023, I went into much more detail about Candela’s ambitions to get into the passenger-ferry business, its likely competition in that market, and potential obstacles to electrifying ferries.

#Anacostia #batteryElectricVehicle #Candela #cleanTransportation #drivingDirections #electricBoat #EVs #ferry #GoogleMaps #greenTransportation #navigation #Polestar #Potomac

Weekly output: Google’s live lane guidance, Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoils

LISBON–I traveled here to speak at my ninth Web Summit conference in Europe via another EU city that I’m quite fond of, Barcelona. The Mozilla Foundation had the good taste to host its Mozilla Festival there and then provide me with a travel stipend to cover the event, so of course I was willing to start my Web Summit trip a few days early. Even though that left me little time at home between working a 15-hour day Tuesday as an election officer and then heading to Dulles Airport Wednesday afternoon.

11/4/2025: Safe to Go? Google Maps Adds ‘Live Lane Guidance’ for Polestar 4 EVs, PCMag

PCMag had two stories under my byline this week, and this was the one I actually wrote this week to cover an update to the built-in Google navigation in one of Polestar’s battery-electric vehicles. The other involved my editor updating a post I wrote in May about President Trump withdrawing his nomination of private astronaut and payments billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, the new plot twist being that Trump had changed his mind again and had re-nominated Isaacman. I realize how confusing that last sentence can look. 

11/7/2025: This battery-electric hydrofoil could supercharge a ferry transformation, Fast Company

Two years after getting an introduction to the Swedish startup Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoil sport boats on the San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed an update of the experience on waters I know much better–the Potomac and the Anacostia. With a longer word count than I had for that PCMag report in the summer of 2023, I went into much more detail about Candela’s ambitions to get into the passenger-ferry business, its likely competition in that market, and potential obstacles to electrifying ferries.

#Anacostia #batteryElectricVehicle #Candela #cleanTransportation #drivingDirections #electricBoat #EVs #ferry #GoogleMaps #greenTransportation #navigation #Polestar #Potomac

Weekly output: Google’s live lane guidance, Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoils

LISBON–I traveled here to speak at my ninth Web Summit conference in Europe via another EU city that I’m quite fond of, Barcelona. The Mozilla Foundation had the good taste to host its Mozilla Festival there and then provide me with a travel stipend to cover the event, so of course I was willing to start my Web Summit trip a few days early. Even though that left me little time at home between working a 15-hour day Tuesday as an election officer and then heading to Dulles Airport Wednesday afternoon.

11/4/2025: Safe to Go? Google Maps Adds ‘Live Lane Guidance’ for Polestar 4 EVs, PCMag

PCMag had two stories under my byline this week, and this was the one I actually wrote this week to cover an update to the built-in Google navigation in one of Polestar’s battery-electric vehicles. The other involved my editor updating a post I wrote in May about President Trump withdrawing his nomination of private astronaut and payments billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, the new plot twist being that Trump had changed his mind again and had re-nominated Isaacman. I realize how confusing that last sentence can look. 

11/7/2025: This battery-electric hydrofoil could supercharge a ferry transformation, Fast Company

Two years after getting an introduction to the Swedish startup Candela’s battery-electric hydrofoil sport boats on the San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed an update of the experience on waters I know much better–the Potomac and the Anacostia. With a longer word count than I had for that PCMag report in the summer of 2023, I went into much more detail about Candela’s ambitions to get into the passenger-ferry business, its likely competition in that market, and potential obstacles to electrifying ferries.

#Anacostia #batteryElectricVehicle #Candela #cleanTransportation #drivingDirections #electricBoat #EVs #ferry #GoogleMaps #greenTransportation #navigation #Polestar #Potomac