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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by rabidrat on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @11:34PM (#25578584)
Or CNET reporter James Kim in 2006:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim#Death

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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by hodgesrm on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:11AM (#25578810)
It appears that this and at least one other incident are why Google Maps no longer maps routes across Bear Camp Road, which is the most direct route from Grants Pass OR to the Oregon Coast. [1]

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gold+Beach,+OR/Galice,+OR+97...

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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by buzer on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:39AM (#25579830)
They do during summer. If you zoom into the Bear Camp Road, you can see that it currently says "(Closed Nov-Jun)". If you set your leaving time to July, you can see that the other route uses that road.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by hodgesrm on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @10:54AM (#25582708)
Excellent. That's the first time I've seen that feature.

There's still some odd behavior around bicycle routes. For instance, Google does not seem to show bike routes down CA-1 in middle California. I'm not sure what's going on there--hundreds of people do that route every year.

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