Random Horrible Accidents and Blunders Caused by Google Maps (18 items)

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  (#6) Google Maps Sends Mt. Rushmore Seeking Tourists the Wrong Way

  Since 2010, roadtripping tourists who are looking to snap a pic of their favorite national monument have been getting directed to "Mount Rushmore, South Dakota" rather than the national monument. This case of "mistaken identity" has become so commonplace that a woman who runs a camp in Mount Rushmore has put up a sign that says, "Your GPS is WRONG. This is NOT Mt. Rushmore."
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  (#3) Demolition Company Tears Down Wrong House

  This story has one lesson: when in doubt, blame Google Maps. In 2016, a demolition company in Texas went to a misidentified address that they found on Google Maps and completely destroyed a family's duplex.
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  (#7) Scottish Island Disappears

  As if the Scottish weren't maligned enough, in 2013 Google made one of the country's islands straight-up disappear. A representative for Google said, "We hope to have the map of Jura back to normal as soon as possible." OK!
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  (#16) Self Driving Car Gets Into Accident

  It had to happen at some point. In 2016 one of Google's self-driving, 3D-mapping cars smacked into a public bus moving at about 2 mph.Nothing was damaged, except Google's pride. 
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  (#18) Google Car Causes Crash

  In 2014, a Google Street View driver in Arkansas went the wrong way down a one way street, then he did a U-Turn and side swiped another car. The other motorist received minor injuries and said, "Something better come out of Google's pocket for this." Who thinks the Google driver was using Maps when he crashed?
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  (#5) Student Crashes Car While Reading a Map

  In a story that we hear all too often, an 18-year-old driver in Houston was checking Google Maps on her phone when she lost control of a car and crashed into an 18 wheel vehicle, killing her. 

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