There are mistakes… and then there’s somehow riding an e-bike straight onto a highway like it’s just another delivery route.
A viral video out of New Orleans shows a DoorDash rider in full panic mode after following her GPS directions onto what appears to be a highway entrance ramp, putting her directly in the path of traffic flying by at 60 to 70 mph while she’s on a bike that maxes out around 25.
In the clip, she’s on the phone with support, clearly shaken as cars roar past, realizing far too late that she’s in a situation no cyclist should ever be in.
But here’s the part people online cannot get past, this isn’t something that just “happens.”
You don’t magically appear on a highway.
To get there, you have to pass multiple signs warning you that you’re entering a high-speed roadway. You have to physically ride up an on-ramp designed for cars. You have to see traffic accelerating around you and still keep going.
At every single step, there are chances to stop, turn around, or just think, “Yeah, this doesn’t look right.”
And yet… she kept going.
That’s why the internet has been absolutely ruthless.
Most reactions aren’t blaming the app, they’re blaming the decision-making. Because while GPS can be wrong, it doesn’t override basic common sense. If your directions tell you to bike onto a highway, that’s not a suggestion you follow, that’s a moment you pause and reconsider everything.
Instead, this turned into a full-blown, dangerous situation, with a rider stuck in fast-moving traffic and scrambling for help.
Apps are tools. They’re not brains.
And this is what happens when you treat them like they are.
