Nearly a hundred Colorado drivers this hebdomad followed a digital Pied Piper into an empty field where they all got stuck .
A crash on Peña Boulevard in Denver chocked off accession to the Denver International Airport on Sunday . So Google Maps suggest a roundabout way to many of the drivers trying to get to flight or pick up arriving traveller .
“ I believe , ‘ mayhap there ’s a roundabout way ’ and deplume it up on Google Maps , and it gave me a roundabout way that was half the metre , ” Connie Monseestold CNN . “ It was 43 minutes initially , and it was going to be 23 instead — so I fill the outlet and drove where they tell me to . ”
Screenshot: Connie Monsees (The Denver Channel)
But that detour led her to a dirt road near the border of Denver and Aurora . She was n’t immediately concerned thanks to crowd psychology .
“ My opinion was , ‘ Well , all these other cars are in front of me , so it must be fine , ” Monsees told ABC News’sDenver affiliate .
Then the dirt road turned into a muddy swill , as there had been pelting in the area in the former days .
Screenshot: (The Denver Channel)
“ That ’s when I thought , ‘ Oh this was a big decision , ’ ” she told ABC , which reports that about 100 cars had direct the detour and terminate up in the muddy empty landing field . A pair of motorcar in the front of the line got stuck in the clay . The route was tight and only allow passage of one car at a meter , so all the other railcar got stuck behind the leaders of the pack .
“ The question is , why did Google beam us out there to begin with ? There was no turning back once you were out there , ” Monsees recite ABC , which reports that the road is in camera have . ABC determine a knocked over “ road closed ” sign next to the road , but could n’t sustain with Denver or Aurora if the route was closed to public dealings .
Google told Gizmodo the route was n’t lean as private and userscan reportroad closures to Google . We take many factors into history when determining drive route , admit the size of the road and the directness of the route , ” Google recount Gizmodo , in a statement . “ While we always work out to provide the best directions , issues can arise due to unanticipated circumstances , such as when conditions conditions affect the calibre of roads . We advance all drivers to keep an eye on local laws , stay heedful , and habituate their good sagacity while driving .
Monsees ’s Hyundai Santa Fe has all - wheel drive , so she was able to get away . She toldABC Newsshe even gave a few people rides to the aerodrome — one of which was a rider of an Uber that got stuck in the field .
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