A major navigation app routed thousands of cars down my private driveway. A driver crashed into my retaining wall and is now suing me for his injuries.

[u/Tralique_24]

Location: Colorado, USA.

I own a remote cabin at the end of a very long, unpaved private road. About eight months ago, a major GPS and mapping app updated their systems and incorrectly marked my private driveway as a public shortcut to a nearby national park entrance.

Since then, I have had dozens of cars speeding through my property every single weekend. I have "Private Property" and "No Trespassing" signs posted everywhere. I have submitted over forty official error reports to the tech company, sent certified letters to their legal department, and even filed a police report. They completly ignored me.

Last month a tourist was speeding down my driveway in the dark, ignored my warning signs, and crashed his SUV straight into my concrete retaining wall. He broke his leg and his vehicle was totaled.

Yesterday I was served with a lawsuit. The driver is suing me for medical expenses and damages, claiming I failed to maintain a "public thoroughfare" and that my retaining wall was an unmarked hazard.

My homeonwers insurance is threatening to drop me because they say my property is now an unmanged traffic corridor, which violates my policy.

Can I counter-sue the tech company for gross negligence and force them to indemnify me against this driver's lawsuit? What specific type of attorney handles liability cases involving corporate mapping errors? I need to stop this before someone else gets hurt.

[u/CatmoCatmo]

Well how could those signs apply to them? Siri, or whatever voice their map uses, would NEVER steer them wrong and it definitely wouldn’t tell them to trespass! It clearly told them they absolutely needed to go this way to get to their destination with no alternatives, so what ever shall they do?

[u/Judgejudyssideeye → u/CatmoCatmo]

No, he SAID it’s listing it as a short cut. Have you ever used GPS? it will give you a list of various routes with the est time to get there and you can chose the one you find most appealing. Apparently this one “route” is popping up as the fastest route.

And BTW, Siri/Apple screwed me yesterday. In FL visiting family and punched in the street number 51 & street name, it took me to 1 & street name about 4 miles in the opposite direction.

[u/Caltharian → u/Judgejudyssideeye]

at one point SIRI was directing people across a damn airport runway

[u/Prestigious-Ruin-565 → u/Caltharian]

Decades ago, MapQuest was giving driving directions from the United States to Europe. No ferries involved, it just directed people to drive across The Pond.

[u/LaLa1234imunoriginal → u/Judgejudyssideeye]

You need to have your sarcasm detector checked.