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Driver blames Waze after tour bus wedges under bridge with 30 aboard in Penang (www.asiaone.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 week ago* (6 children)

You can't use waze or evil google as a truck gps!

I mean, why would it know your height?! Also, i doubt they store that consistently if at all.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Theoretically it should be possible in apps that use OpenStreetMap data, as long as all bridges on the route have maximum height information added to them, the app in question supports the feature, and the app's user inputs their maximum height. If any bridges along the route didn't have a maximum height value set, the app could give the driver a warning to look for it themselves.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Of course it's possible. But even if the app was guaranteed by Google and my employer, I'm not going to depend on it. I'm sure there was a height marking before they got stuck...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Yes there was.

    A check at the site revealed a 2.6-metre height clearance sign posted before the flyover, alongside a warning sign alerting motorists to frequent collisions in the area.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    This was a feature in TomTom and any commercial GPS product in the 2000s. If it wasn't configured then you can't go after the service. The driver should have still been checking and judging if the bridge was too low for them.

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