Woman claims GPS told her to drive on Beacon Street trolley tracks

In fact, seems to be something of a national epidemic:

Man follows GPS directions onto train tracks, into dummy hall of fame, 2008:

Upon noticing the speeding locomotive heading towards his car, the man jumped out of the vehicle and tried to warn the engineer by waving his arms frantically -- to no avail. The train slammed into the truck at 60 MPH and pushed the vehicle more than 100-feet, damaging 250-feet of track.

A few months later, same tracks, different man.

Driver claims GPS instructions put him in the path of train, 2009.

A driver, who told a 911 operator that his car ended up on the railroad tracks because he was following directions from his GPS caused significant NJ Transit delays in Morris County this morning.

Train hits car after GPS directs driver onto tracks, 2011.

A 63-year-old Oklahoma woman in town to visit her son narrowly escaped injury when her rental car became stuck on train tracks in San Diego because of bad directions she received from the vehicle's GPS system, authorities said Thursday.

Driver follows GPS, gets stuck on Caltrain tracks, 2011.

The woman was apparently following directions on a GPS device when she inadvertently turned onto the tracks at approximately 9:40 p.m., Bartholomew said. When the woman realized her error -- about 20 to 25 feet down the train right-of-way -- she attempted to turn the car around, at which point the frame of the car got stuck on the tracks.

Car slammed by freight train after pulling onto railroad, 2011.

WOONSOCKET — A freight train slammed into a car Wednesday after the driver mistakenly turned onto the River Street train tracks, thinking the rail bed was a street.

GPS leaves pizza delivery driver stranded on railroad tracks as train approaches, 2011.

GPS leads Delaware driver onto train tracks, 2011.

WILMINGTON, Del. — A Wilmington woman's car was severely damaged Thursday after her GPS told her to turn onto train tracks, police said.

GPS leads woman onto train tracks, 2011.

Deputies had to drive alongside a train and use their lights and sirens to stop it Sunday night as it bore down on a vehicle stuck on the tracks, officials said.

Motorist says GPS led her onto railroad tracks in Cary, 2011.

When police found her, Walker told the officers that her OnStar GPS directed her onto the tracks. Walker also told police that her car had stalled on the tracks and she wasn't sure whether she should abandon it, court records show.

Driver Of Car Hit By NJ Transit Train Receives Careless Driving Ticket, 2012.

"I heard someone screaming, 'Get out of the car, get out of the car now!' " said Dustin Smith, who lives next to the crossing.

"Lights were flashing. I looked out just in time to see the train hit the car," Smith said.