Why motorists keep driving into this Hawaii boat harbor as a third car plunges into water

A mini vessel harbor has claimed 3 cars successful conscionable complete a year, igniting a very puzzled consequence from nan section mayor. 

The Honokohau Small Boat Harbor successful Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, has a estimation for luring vehicles into its waters - but authorities opportunity nan communal taxable is 'operator error'. 

In nan past year, 2 unsuspecting motorists launched into nan marina while pursuing GPS directions.

But the latest incident appears to beryllium conscionable a coincidence erstwhile a 33-year-old female parked her conveyance connected nan vessel ramp while experiencing car problem connected July 13. 

As officers tried to thief her, she drove nan car into nan h2o leaving it partially submerged while she escaped.

The incidents person baffled nan politician who has been shocked arsenic each 1 occurs. 

'The first clip I heard it, nan thought successful my caput was, "you sewage to beryllium joking",' said Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth.

'The 3rd was — are you serious? This is conscionable different shape of group not paying attraction to what they're doing.'

On April 29, 2023, a tourer driving a Chrysler Town & Country had been trying to find a Manta Ray Snorkel circuit institution and reportedly took a incorrect move while pursuing their GPS directions. 

Video captured unit members of a sailboat dive into nan harbor and thief nan female driver of nan van flight done nan model earlier carrying her to shallower waters.

The different passenger, besides a woman, and reportedly nan sister of nan driver, escaped retired nan model connected nan different broadside of nan car.

Though nan passengers were making progressive attempts to flight nan car, neither looked particularly alarmed astir what was going on.

A fewer weeks later connected May 29, 2023, different female was pursuing GPS directions erstwhile she took a move down nan vessel ramp, according to HawaiiNewsNow.

The driver said she was pursuing directions and thought she was going done a large puddle erstwhile she crossed her 2020 Ford Edge into nan h2o astir 8 p.m. 

Roth said he is moving to get nan GPS issued figured retired because it is not nan first clip drivers person had these incidents.

'It's getting successful touch pinch Google and each nan GPS manufacturers that person their maps. Not conscionable successful this incident but visitors going into places that are disconnected limits that they really shouldn't beryllium going to,' Roth said.

An charismatic pinch nan Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Boating & Ocean Recreation said the incidents are 'operator error,' and nan vessel ramp is 'hard to miss.'

A spokesperson from Google told nan section news outlet, 'Safety is simply a apical priority, and we're actively investigating which navigation devices and routes were utilized successful these incidents.'

'While we person not yet identified immoderate routes successful Google Maps that lead into nan harbor, we'll activity pinch section authorities to make updates if basal to accurately way drivers.'