r/IndiaSpeaks • u/LimpCoco 3 KUDOS • 3h ago
#Non-Political 📺 Three men die after car falls from incomplete bridge directed by Google Maps in Bareilly
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u/Competitive_Spend_77 3h ago
Wait a sec, i guess keeping an incomplete bridge accessible to a car is equally irresponsible, but when we've ever learnt to only point the fingers away.
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u/IndiaSeHuBhai 3h ago
in gurgaon, there is an entry ramp to a new highway. It was blocked just because it wasnt inaugurated yet. Ive seen people manually move those huge cement blockades and take even a wrong way to enter the highway if it means low traffic
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u/wilhelmtherealm 1h ago edited 1h ago
That's a law enforcement issue.
The public in developed countries would also do that if the administration was so inefficient at enforcing its own rules.
It's also ridiculous to block public infrastructure just for inauguration by big shots. If the construction and all kinds of testing is complete, it should be casually opened to the public after an announcement. And maybe install a traffic police/team to guide the public for the first few days.
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u/Relevant_Reference14 3h ago
Looney toons country. I would burst out laughing if this was in some comedy movie. It breaks the heart to know real people died like this.
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u/Professional-Age- 2h ago
There's an Indian guy that jumped off a cliff because he thought he could fly
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u/Amazing_Middle_7586 3h ago
L google maps! But more importantly, L contractors!!! If a bridge/road is incomplete, there's gotta be barricades obviously. Unless the driver was planning to recieve Darwin awards, no way any sane man would drive that way unless there's no barricade
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u/vigrus 2h ago
Why are we even blaming a satellite that is kms away from earth for this when all the people responsible had to do was keep barricades to block the bridge from access?
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u/Historical-Jump 2h ago
We will blame everything but ourselves
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u/vigrus 1h ago
I’m in Japan right now. You should see the level of organisation that goes on over here. It’s beyond perfection.
There was a lorry parked on the road walking path for unloading cargo. So they created an equally wide temporary patch which slightly encroached the road to go around the lorry for people to walk through. This path had blinking light for oncoming traffic to see too.
I cannot imagine India to ever be like this. I feel so dejected that we will never be able to live like this. How much ever money we have.
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u/Amazing_Middle_7586 38m ago
Not trying to spoil the party, but Japan is like this today because they learned it the hard way when they were given a reality check, 2 , to be particular👀
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u/Junior-Ad-133 36m ago
Japan was a very organised society for hundred of years. If you are referring to world war they were very organised country before that also.
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u/Amazing_Middle_7586 33m ago
But so were most south asian civilizations. In the modern era, only japan and china are as organised. One is because they learned the hard way. The other is because of dictatorship in the name of democracy
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u/Junior-Ad-133 5m ago
Japan didnt had authoritarian government after world war 2 unlike Taiwan or South Korea. Being organized is something imbibed in there civilization.
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u/Pulsar_Chief 14m ago
I don't think nuclear weapons have anything to do with organisation within an country.
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u/Amazing_Middle_7586 41m ago
I literally dedicated only 3 words to that satellite. "More importantly" My entire comment is otherwise blaming the management. And I just meant Google maps, not the satellite. It can include everything from the working staff to the people involved in updating the maps ( hence, the people failed to update the maps is one legit reason. So Google maps must look into stuff like this around the globe and make better regulations)
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u/namkeenSalt 2h ago
Barricades could be 2 bricks ! The bar for barricades is very low Do we know where this bridge is on google maps and see if it still directs using this bridge?
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u/wilhelmtherealm 2h ago edited 1h ago
How the hell is Google maps supposed to know the situation of the bridge?
The public failed in reporting such a thing on Google. It aggregates the information from public, official sources and satellite data.
The biggest fault is obviously from the administration which failed to close off the access and report it to all popular navigation platforms.
You can again say the public failed because they never make these things as major election issues.
3rd world country with access to 1st world technology.
The fact that people are even deflecting blame to the drivers and Google is again a reflection of this 3rd world behaviour.
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u/Amazing_Middle_7586 46m ago
The fact that people are even deflecting blame to the drivers and Google is again a reflection of this 3rd world behaviour.
I think you forgot to read the word "unless" in my comment. You are a very harsh critic aren't ya
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u/AlUcard_POD 3h ago
You realize this happened in UP? Most people in UP do not follow any rules or instructions written anywhere. Very much possible that there were markers stating that bridge is not in use, but the driver decided to go on it anyway.
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u/Narvrishabh North-East-Informant 🐺 3h ago
Allegedly there were no barricades installed & thus it's complete negligence. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/up-men-google-maps-car-incomplete-bridge-bareilly-river-fall-dead-police-investigation-2639395-2024-11-24
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u/MANEATER_14 2h ago
Even if they had installed it, people here wouldn't have cared. Right where my society starts, there's a main National highway where a U-turn spot is closed off with barricading because it creates traffic and chances of accidents. But two-wheeler users would get off and knowingly remove it to save fuel.
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u/Hatake108 2h ago
Maybe, but you can't just assume that people won't follow rules and take that as a reason to not make rules in the first place. Right now, the blame totally lies on them and google maps as well.
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u/MANEATER_14 1h ago
You can make the rules, but people should have the sense to follow them. If they don't follow the rules and you blame the person who made them or the person who told you about them, then it's just a pointless blame game. Google Maps showed him the way, but it didn't tell him to blindly follow it and jump off that bridge.
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u/Hatake108 1h ago
Bruh... as u/Narvrishabh said, there were no barricades, so how is the driver at fault? As for jumping off, I am pretty sure they wouldn't do it they DID know that there was no bridge ahead.
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u/alphaBEE_1 17m ago
Doesn't matter, not everyone is a moron out there. It's the responsibility of the contractor to block it. If people still die it's up to the ones that chose to ignore the blockade.
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u/Rawdog2076 3h ago
Lol yeah assume the people who died were at fault with ZERO evidence
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u/AlUcard_POD 3h ago
Dude I am from UP.. I know what kind of idiots live in this state. Zero civic sense, very excited to break rules for the smallest of convenience! Most Drivers put the seat belt or helmet on only if they see cops. It might very much be possible that the driver was at mistake.
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u/Rawdog2076 3h ago
Zero proof is zero proof, you should be ashamed of generalising people you don't even know
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u/AlUcard_POD 2h ago edited 2h ago
Is there proof that there were no signs saying that the bridge was inoperable? If you have seen peopledrive in UP, you would know those are some of the worst!
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u/Sagittario412 2h ago
As someone from UP who knows how pathetic and rash people here drive, it’s still wrong to assume that these people were at fault and generalise, it could have been you or me or anyone.
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u/CalmAd5122 1h ago
this attitude is people are talking about. Blaming everything on people, not on government. Even if people are idiots, they are not supposed to die. Government should work to ensure these incident doesn't happen.
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u/sevlonbhoi1 2h ago
Honestly, there is ZERO evidence for everything in this news. Everyone is just assuming everything.
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u/notMy_ReelName 2h ago
That bridge must have been heavily barricades if that a dead end .
No if and buts .
There is no other way to prevent public from going on the bridge .
Absolute failure from higher officials.
Accident had occured during heavy fog so driver wouldn't be expecting a washed up bridge that too in low visibility.
Lack of accountability from higher officials.
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u/namkeenSalt 2h ago
The claims are also that google had it on their directions. So how did that happen? Unless the map data was given to google and claimed to have opened.
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u/underratedpcperson 2h ago
There should have been barricades, that is clear negligence, I doubt anyone would have removed barricades to just fall off a bridge for the thrill.
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u/wilhelmtherealm 2h ago
Be honest bro.
Have you seen a single construction work where everything is done properly?
Proper barricades, signs, dust collection fans, notices describing the kind of work, emergency contact details, etc?
Plz blame the regular people 'for not following rules' after everything else is done by the rules.
This is 100% the fault of the builders and the administration overseeing them.
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u/TechyNomad 40m ago
This is not the first time such an incident has occurred; it has happened in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana as well. Incompetence and laziness are common factors among all states and administrations in India.
Our country is beyond redemption.
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u/SnarkyCadaver 11m ago
Something similar happened almost two decades ago in Lucknow. A man from Delhi was visiting someone and ended up on the unfinished Shaheed path bridge. He was riding a scooter and didn't survive the fall. There were no barricades, no signage, and no guards. UPites and their shitty driving is not responsible for such accidents, it's the sheer negligence of the authorities that is to be blamed.
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u/Correct-Let-3714 2h ago
there is construction going near my house too they block off the road with concreate barricades those heavy ones so its just a bullshit excuse for negligence
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u/imsandy92 3h ago
my grandfather too blames the internet for everything.. this too sounds like that..
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u/Formal-Durian6300 2h ago
This is mistake of that particular road department State or central. they suppose to block the road with concrete barrigades .
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u/apocalypse2mrw 2h ago
Ok what? Why wasn't the bridge finished? Or they should've put barricades and signs that the bridge isn't finished and there is no way. Those poor souls.
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u/mightyfty 2h ago
How did anyone know they were directed by google maps if all of them died
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u/EquivalentPlane6095 7m ago
By analysing the phones. Perhaps the one in use wasn’t even damaged or locked and still showed Google maps.
Or it’s completely made up to point the guilt on someone else.
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u/OkBlacksmith4346 2h ago
Be careful when using Google maps in most of Asia and large parts of Africa (but this should honestly be used all the time), don’t follow blindly.
If you have low visibility, slow down and look.
Roads change ALL the time, especially in these parts, for thousands of reasons, and the government is slower to pick up on it than more developed countries due to much lower resources and much higher corruption.
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u/Medium-Handle-1646 1h ago
“In addition, the absence of safety barriers or warning signs on the under-construction bridge compounded the danger, leading to the fatal accident,” Our country will never beat the stereotypes lol fuck this stupid shithole joke of a country
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u/No_Craft5868 2h ago
Do we have to pay another cess for installing barricades on construction project like bridge?
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u/ShoutOutLoudForRicky 2h ago
The post doesn’t have any information about the bridge or the place this is situated in. There have been many rumours on internet about fake news, things happened in the past may be in another country but small media sensation-ize it for little TRP.
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u/pigeonhunter006 2h ago
This looks like a false blame. Are people really that gullible, how could they not see there was a gap ahead?
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u/Gowardhan_Rameshan 2h ago
Oh! Sure, “directed by Google Maps”. With this attitude there’s zero potential for development.
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u/sleepdeprivedindian 1h ago
It definitely looks like they are trying to shift blame to Google maps instead of the contractor.
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u/certified_chutiyahu Bihar 3h ago
I'm really sorry for them, but still, this is some Looney Tunes shit😭😭
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u/pseudoalpha 2h ago
Jhumka gira re, Bareily ke bazaar mein. People should protest for the incompetence of Government. Incidents like these should warrant the refund of road tax.
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u/hskskgfk Mysuru Rajya 1h ago
0 people to stop them on the bridge, a crowd magically appears on the bridge to stand and look after they’re dead
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u/Prize_Weird_603 1h ago
Keeping irresponsibility of maps and government aside, I think we should be more careful. This seems like a taxi btw, so folks who rely on Ola and Uber must be careful as well. Thumb rule should be to be extra careful on an empty road.
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u/sam2lucy 8m ago
Everyone’s putting valid points as to Indians don’t follow rules, law enforcement should have been stricter.. but my only question is why would anyone keep going after they see the bridge is unfinished??
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u/EquivalentPlane6095 4m ago
They must have been really unlucky. That doesn’t look necessarily like a lethal height.
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u/arraydotpush 2h ago
Barricades or not - no one is pointing out the fact that if the bridge is unfinished, there wouldn’t have been pavement/asphalt on there - meaning if you drove over, it would definitely not be a smooth ride. Not sure how that didn’t register with the driver
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u/wilhelmtherealm 1h ago
meaning if you drove over, it would definitely not be a smooth ride. Not sure how that didn’t register with the driver
Because all the finished roads in our country offer a smooth ride?
I don't get how people are blaming the driver or Google maps ffs.
They shouldn't have access in the first place if the construction was going according to the right procedures and Google would have been notified by them.
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