Remember this scene from last year, when the Google Maps car got pulled over in San Francisco’s Presidio?
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Courtesy of damianspain of the San Francisco Bay area. Thanks Damian!
Turns out that the Googler got ticketed, but not for a moving violation. Apparently, Google didn’t feel the need to secure a permit to photograph this National Park for commercial purposes, even after discussing the issue with the Presidio Trust. So, somebody called the federales and Google got an expensive citation.
Rich Google can afford to plant 800 pound “pins” all over town for the promotion of Google’s My Favorite Places, but it can’t see its way to clear to get a necessary permit to operate on federal land? Mmmm.
Now, go here to see the hot pursuit by this United States Park Police Officer. Scroll around and keep clicking- you’ll see the whole chase all the way up Montgomery Street.
Pull over, Google! The feds want to chat:
“I’m in Hot Pursuit! Choo choo! Kik-kik-kyah, I love it! I love it!” Or kyew kyew, either way.
But if Google can afford $7000 Japanese toilets for all its bathroom stalls, then it can probably afford the occasional citation.
Keep up the good work, Googoo!
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