Waze Mistakenly Directed Hundreds of Drivers to a Remote Wildlife Preserve
"No, the luxurious Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa isn't located in a central New Jersey wildlife preserve," reports a local news team in New York. But an ad for the casino in Waze was apparently tagged with the wrong geographical coordinates, CNN reports, and.... The Jackson township Police Department's public information officer Lt. Christopher Parise said the police department found out about the error when one his officers was out assisting a stranded car. The driver told the officer they were headed for the Borgata but wound up at the 12,000 acre wildlife area through unpaved roads after using Waze for directions... "My department towed 10 cars in 5 days that were stuck," Parise said. "A Waze response to the error report stated 249 others reported the same location error in the past couple days, so hundreds have been misled back there." Police complained of a "tremendous increase" in disabled motor vehicles -- one driver found themselves at least 10 minutes away from any paved roads. Long-time Slashdot reader Newer Guy tipped us off to the story, though Waze told CNN that after being made aware of it, they'd fixed the issue "within hours". But the casino is still urging future visitors "to check the route before they begin driving" to make sure they're actually being routed to Atlantic City. And the folks in Jackson Township (population 54,856) had a real good laugh, posting over 100 comments on the police department's Facebook page. "You can take the people out of the city but you can't take the city out of the people..." "who the hell is going on unpaved roads thinking it'll lead them to a casino?" "You would think when they go down a dirt road common sense would kick in..." "This must be a short cut to Atlantic City, just keep going. Ha ha ha..." "This is why you need to learn how to read a map!" "I keep picturing in my head these people driving into the woods thinking its Atlantic City..." "We could just put a couple of slot machines and poker tables out there.... " "I knew people were stupid but this is ridiculous." "Don't blame the app, Blame the morons driving." "How stupid do you have to be to not realize that you are nowhere near the ocean??!!" "So natural selection is going high tech?" "I was wondering how this lovely couple ended up way back by the lake when I was hunting there last week. They flagged me down and pleaded with me to show them the way out. "They must've thought they were in the middle of Deliverance."
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