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Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed | Drivers using the navigation app confronted with mass of red dots indicating stop signs


Drivers using the navigation app confronted with mass of red dots indicating stop signs

Confusion reigned on German autobahns and highways at the start of one of the busiest holiday breaks of the year on Thursday after Google Maps wrongly indicated that vast swathes of them were closed. People using the navigation service around major conurbations such as Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin on motorways between western, northern, south-western and central Germany were confronted with maps sprinkled with a mass of red dots indicating stop signs. The closure reports led to the clogging of alternative routes on smaller thoroughfares and lengthy delays as people scrambled to find detours.

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