Australian police warned drivers this week do not use iOS 6 Maps to be directed to locations, some motorists being directed right in the middle of a natural park in an attempt to reach a town called Mildura. The police had to find and bring those motorists back to the main roads, and although the shame is great for Apple, not even Google escapes the attention of the Australian police. This time the police from a town called Colac caution drivers not to use Google Maps near the Great Ocean Road because several cars were directed to a closed road where there is no GSM signal.
Now police in Colac, west of Melbourne, say faults with Google maps are putting people's lives at risk along the Great Ocean Road and in the southern Otways. Sergeant Nick Buenen says trucks, buses and tourists are being directed down Wild Dog Road, which is a one-way track, not built for heavy traffic. He says VicRoads has denied responsibility and Google Maps has not responded. "My issue is it's a significant safety issue for tourists [and] locals, who are getting the wrong information from their GPSs," he said. "We're trying to do something about it, but if a 22-seater bus rolls off Wild Dog Road today, [there wouldn't be] the multi-agency response to this issue that I would like."
This proves that even Google Maps is not without problems, it was normal for the system not to be perfect and I hope that the guys from Samsung will give up campaigns like this one, because the Galaxy S III with its large and "beautiful" screen could help some motorists to overturn their cars on the side of the road.
