Man Fools Google Map To Register Traffic Jam In An Empty Street

Berlin-based artist, Simon Weckert, while investigating the impact of technology, gets Google Map to register a false traffic jam.

This false registration was made in a video this weekend. The man wheeled a number of 99 phones in a small red wagon. The street was almost in which the 99 phones were dragged in.

How did he fake the traffic jam?

The 99 phones piled up in the red wagon all had Google Map navigation turned. As he moves these phones together, the street on the screen gets redder. This red street, mostly indicates packed and jammed traffics. However, when you see the street, it is mostly empty.

How does Google map determine if there is a traffic jam?

Google fetches the data from phones using Google maps or other apps using maps. If there are many phones on the road moving slowly, it means that the road ahead is fully packed.

Response to Experiment

Google has been under the radar after the creative experiment. Google has accepted in a joke that it is not “quite cracked” to figure out how to record data from a small red wagon. It does have the technology to recognize a vehicle like a car or a bike.

The incident gives birth to a number of questions like can Google be tricked into other tricks? Should people really rely on Google information since it is one of the most used sources for getting authentic information?

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