KUALA LUMPUR — A tour bus carrying over 30 passengers from Johor became wedged under a flyover in Taman Bagan of Butterworth, Penang, last night after the driver alleged followed directions from the Waze navigation app.The crash lodged nearly half the bus beneath the low-clearance structure, shattering several windows and showering the road with glass shards. Two passengers suffered minor...
  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 days ago

    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.

  • SpicyLizards@reddthat.com
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    13 days ago

    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.

    • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      13 days ago

      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.

      • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
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        13 days ago

        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…