Just on the Holiday: Google Maps Irritated with False Roadblocks

Many people use ascension and the long weekend to drive away. Those who rely blindly on Google Maps when planning routes have a problem. There are some highways blocked, although they are actually freed.

On yesterday's holiday in Germany, Google Maps caused a mistake in many places for a medium traffic chaos or at least for confusion among many drivers. The app showed massive roadblocks. (Read more)

The navigation application showed hundreds of non-existent blockades in the holiday season The traffic of many more roads in Germany was seriously disturbed by yesterday, after the Google Maps application has signaled ironically that narrow sections of the route network are closed. The incident coincided with the beginning of one of the most crowded [...]

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The map service Google Maps had apparently a technical problem on the holiday: To many big cities in SWR3Land were displayed false blockings on the highways.

Red warning symbols around Frankfurt: Those who opened Google Maps on the holiday saw at times numerous blocked motorways and federal roads in the Rhine-Main area. The hr traffic radio could not confirm the blockings.