The owner driver of a Toyota Fortuner was headed towards home in Karnataka after vacationing with his friends in end January 2024. He relied a bit too much on Google Maps for navigating him through the fastest route. In the process he ended up stuck on a flight of stone steps in an elevated residential locality in Gudalur, Tamilnadu.
Gudalur, situated at a tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, is a popular holiday spot, often visited by tourists heading to Ooty.
While blindly following Google Maps for the fastest route, the friends were led through the Police Quarters in Gudalur, which the navigation maps application claimed to be the 'fastest route'. This path, however, took them to a steep flight of stairs on a small hillock in a residential area.
Unable to proceed, the driver halted the vehicle on the stairs and sought assistance. Local residents and police personnel came to their aid, helping the driver to manoeuvre the SUV back to the main road.
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