Fallout continues after the death of 5 people in a traffic accident near Teutopolis late last month.
Local state representative Adam Niemerg introduced a bill that would require companies which provide GPS travel services in the State to have at least one person available to receive official information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from emergency services.
Niemerg complained that GPS instructions for detours around road construction often send motorists down dangerous routes, making accidents like the one in Teutopolis more likely.
The bill requires a GPS service provider to upload the detour and routing information provided by emergency services, Illinois State Police, or the Department of Transportation into its navigation system to route users of the GPS service provider’s systems properly.
