News of the Weird: May 21, 2026 |
Residents of a Toronto neighborhood banded together after a Google Maps glitch had drivers heading the wrong way down a one-way road for several days. UPI reported on May 6 that as early as April 29, Google Maps had mistakenly listed the southbound-only Winona Drive as a northbound street. “[The drivers] come up here with such gusto,” resident J.P. Timmerman said. “The crossing guard seems ready to keel over.” Residents put up a sign: “GPS is wrong.” They appealed to local police and even to Google. The city even had to install a temporary “do not enter” sign before Google Maps corrected the error. “I will be following up with Google Maps to understand what went wrong and what improvements can be made to........