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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:17 PM Sep 2013

A Google Street View Car Hit A Bus, Tried To Flee, Then Hit Another Bus And A Truck

If you thought a Google Street View car almost killing a donkey was bad, this is worse.

A Google Street View car got in an accident in Bogor, Indonesia. It hit a bus, then the driver panicked and tried to flee the scene. Instead, it hit another bus and a truck before finally pumping the breaks, Gizmodo reports.

Google confirmed the incident to Gizmodo but didn't say what it plans to do about it.

"We take incidents like this very seriously," a spokesperson told Gizmodo's Ashley Feinberg. "We're working closely with local authorities to address the situation."

Here's a picture of the wreckage from a message board:



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-street-view-car-crash-indonesia-2013-9

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A Google Street View Car Hit A Bus, Tried To Flee, Then Hit Another Bus And A Truck (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2013 OP
They didn't want anyone to find pintobean Sep 2013 #1
LOL snooper2 Sep 2013 #4
That wasn't your car pintobean Sep 2013 #5
my car is disguised as a truck snooper2 Sep 2013 #7
Brilliant! pintobean Sep 2013 #8
What the hell is wrong with people! In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #2
There are some places where.... jberryhill Sep 2013 #3
This was on a peaceful street in Orange County, New York. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #9
The Google car incident was in Indonesia jberryhill Sep 2013 #10
I am guessing that this was somehow recorded.... The Straight Story Sep 2013 #6
Will this be featured as tomorrow's Google doodle? Dash87 Sep 2013 #11
Apparently the transit directions feature doesn't work there? brooklynite Sep 2013 #12

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
2. What the hell is wrong with people!
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:23 PM
Sep 2013

We had a friend killed a few weekends ago by a hit and run driver. They weren't hit by a Google Street View Car but

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
3. There are some places where....
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:32 PM
Sep 2013

...persons involved in auto accidents are advised to get away if possible in order to report it to the police, and avoid street justice.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
9. This was on a peaceful street in Orange County, New York.
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:55 PM
Sep 2013

The TV news crew showed his hat laying in the street.
Uncle Don (as everyone called him) was in his 80s.

Dash87

(3,220 posts)
11. Will this be featured as tomorrow's Google doodle?
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 01:05 PM
Sep 2013

There's some serious 'G' potential in that smashed hood.

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