# Google maps sued for drowning death

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720 "2023-09-26T12:58:15Z")
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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720/34 "2023-09-26T14:47:04Z")

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I could have sworn I had in the past been prompted to check a box to acknowledge a disclaimer that driving was my responsibility and to look at the road, not the map, but I haven’t seen that for a while.

When I go to use the ‘live’ AR view in Google Maps (which I’ve never tried until just now), I get:

> ‘Remember to obey the law and pay attention to your surroundings, especially at junctions’

So I assume the disclaimer box on the regular maps might have just remembered my acknowledgment and stopped asking me to reconfirm something I already accepted.

The Terms of service state:

> **Actual Conditions; Assumption of Risk**  
> When you use Google Maps/Google Earth’s map data, traffic, directions and other content, you may find that actual conditions differ from the map results and content, so exercise your independent judgment and use Google Maps/Google Earth at your own risk. You’re responsible at all times for your conduct and its consequences.

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