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Everytime we think that the ‘long tail’ of stupidty has been reached, the tail only gets longer. Thanks Chris Anderson, thanks.

Los Angeles native Lauren Rosenberg was in Park City, Utah, on January 19, 2009. She wanted to travel from Point A to Point B and she chose to walk.

Consulting Google Maps on her BlackBerry, she was given a walking route and she followed the directions. Those walking directions included walking on a highway that has no sidewalks. Instead of seeking an alternate route, Rosenberg walked in the middle of the highway.

She was hit by a car and is suing Google for medical expenses amounting to $100,000 and for punitive damages. Rosenberg is also suing the driver who hit her.

Digest that. A woman from Los Angeles, the ’shit highway system’ capital of the world, chose to walk in the middle of the highway because it didn’t have sidewalks. Deer do better. And you’re going to sue Google? I’m sure your tenderfoot lawyer will have no problem slicing and dicing the Google legal representation batallion.

If you are too dumb to:

A) Seek an alternate route or simply,
B) Walk on the side of the highway

Then I believe “Darwin the Driver” that smashed into you was trying to tell you something.