Google StreetView kills Bambi
Written on January 30, 2009 by StreetViewFun.com
A deer got killed by the Google StreetView car. Google have removed the images but you can see the images right here below.
First image has not yet been removed where you can see the baby deer walking out to the road from the smaller road to the left. Update: Images from this area has been updated by google, so see the screencaptures below instead.
Next couple of screens have now been removed, but you can see the images here:
Google have since explained the incident:
The driver was understandably upset, and promptly stopped to alert the local police and the Street View team at Google. The deer was able to move and had left the area by the time the police arrived. The police explained to our driver that, sadly, this was not an uncommon occurrence in the region — the New York State Department of Transportation estimates that 60,000-70,000 deer collisions happen per year in New York alone — and no police report needed to be filed.
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We’re sad that this accident occurred and we consider ourselves fortunate that our driver was not injured.
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Yeah right. Doesn’t look like the deer got up an walked away. Assholes.
My wife is from this region, and it is true that deer collisions are a regular occurrence in the area. She was in a car that hit one just a few years ago.
I grew up about 2 miles from that very spot. Deer collisions are definitely nothing unusual – except for the fact that this one was captured by the Street View cam. My step-mom hit a deer just last week, in fact. Given the lack of carnage or apparent lack of damage to the car, I would believe Google’s story that they did not actually “kill bambi”
Why would you say in your post that google apologized for killing the deer if the quote you provide says the deer got up and left. It doesn’t sound “killed” to me.
so they toss it on the side of the road?
Yea, I live in upstate. If you dont almost hit a deer a few times a year… Your in the city. lol. Still funny that they still published the photos on the site. Hahahaha
Give me a break, people. Deer collisions are sometimes unavoidable. We’ve had deer run into the road and hit US before we even knew what happened. Things happen fast. And there is no way most city or county road crews have time to go scoop up every roadkill right after it happens. Get real.
Ironic that this happened on “Five Points Road.” Would be even more ironic had it been a buck that they hit.
@ GW
Sometimes unavoidable? In this case it was avoidable… if the street view van was not out driving and collecting images, this would not have happened. You get real… this is Google’s fault, period.
@Local
It’s a deer. Give me a break. Deer get hit by cars/trucks all the time and they are NOT endangered. People shoot them for sport. It’s a deer. Its no ones fault, not even the driver if its unavoidable. You crazy hippy
Haha, hilarious! XD
I really dont care so much about the deer, but yeah..
You could say it has been googlised!
It’s a deer, kids, and it got hit by a car! Never saw that before. This one may well have run off–its surprising how often they do (but there may be ultimately lethal injuries even then, of course). Upstate NY (the “occupied territories”) is simply teaming with deer. You swerve to miss them, but some simply insist on throwing themselves under your wheels (it’s still amazing to me–and I mean insist). While the deer themselves are a renewable resource, deer strikes are a major problem in Upstate because of the huge volume of property damage they cause (millions and millions of dollars annually) and a large number of serious injuries and deaths. When the deer population is up, they become a notable public health hazard and DEC issues more doe tags and extends the hunting season to try to stop the deer from killing our family, friends, and neighbors. If this sounds speciesist, it is. Its is an odd truth that there is a real “kill or be killed” factor here. In any case, if the cars and hunters don’t keep the population down the deer start to starve to death en masse come the next bad winter anyway. All the sentimentality is misplaced. Cute little faun though!
P.S.- I don’t think that you can blame the Google guy on this. He was probably form NYC, had never seen a furry animal before and was just trying to get close enough to pet it.
Deer Killers!
Save Bambies: Kill Google! LOL
That’s some of the worst photoshopping I’ve ever seen. Look at the road lines. Look at what’s in focus and what’s not. I can;t believe anybody believes this is real. IT’S FAKE
Wow people. Come on. This is nothing. Its just one deer. Its not like their endangered. The deer population will still thrive even tho this one is dead. I am from central Illinois. Im quite sure that car/deer accidents are much more common here than in urban New York.
IN RESPONCE TO “@ GW”Sometimes unavoidable? In this case it was avoidable… if the street view van was not out driving and collecting images, this would not have happened. You get real… this is Google’s fault, period”
OH BOY..YEP IF THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE STAYED HOME THAT DAY, HE/SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HIT THE DEER OR IF HE/SHE WOULD HAVE LEFT 5 MINS EARLIER WOULD HAVE MISSED IT AS WELL,OR WOULD NOT HAVE TAKIN THE JOB TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE,OR IF IT WAS RAINING OR A UFO ABDUCTED THE DRIVER OR THE DRIVER HAD TO POOP A LITTLE LONGER,BUT STAND BY YOUR GUNS AND BLAME GOOGLE CAMERA CAR FOR IT,,,I HIT ONE TOO,AWHILE BACK AND GUESS WHAT? I DONT DRIVE A CAMERA CAR,,,,
SAMPA TAMPA….
Cletis = Win
ROFL!! That’s the funniest shit I have seen all week! Ahh Google…thanks for the lolz!
People who are “OMG DEER KILLAZ” obviously haven’t driven in a rural area for too long, if ever! I’m in rural Australia so replace your deer with my kangaroos and you get the same effect. There’s roadkill everywhere, you can be driving along a straight road and one will jump out infront of you, sure, you could drive off the road and kill yourself to save the creature, if you want. Also I’m on a bike so I think that for every roo that hits a car is one that can’t hit me!
I can’t believe out of all the comments none that I see are saying anything about the fact that the images have been EDITED or PHOTOSHOPED! Watch the lines on the lines on the road and the blur marks from blending tools.
As for all the people freaking out and calling for the death of Google. The next time you drive on a country road I hope a big bad ass bear runs out and eats your dumb ass.
it’s actually population control… I live in upstate NY and we are overcrowded with deer. I’ve seen near 30 deer in my backyard at the same time before. This is a lot better of a way to die than starving to death in the winter. Sucks when you hit them though… you learn to drive with an eagle eye growing up in a rural area, but accidents do happen…
This driver was doing those locals a favor! look at the way that deer was viciously frolicking alongside the road! he was trying to cause a fatal accident! Thanks to Google, a ferocious killer is now off the road! HA HA HA HA HA HA
Fake!
The deer wasn’t photoshopped in.
If you take a look at the Google Maps/Streetview team’s blog, they have the explanation posted there.
NOT PHOTOSHOP
In the first generation of Street View, you could actually see the car on which the camera was mounted. Now, Google attempts to replace the vehicle by splicing images from neighboring street views. This explains the crooked yellow lines.
Notice how the deer was very near the yellow line in the first shot, then it was almost to the shoulder, then it was in the grass. This is because when a moving vehicle hits an object as small as a deer, the object is thrown with a trajectory away from the vehicle.
Why is it such a big deal that they hit a deer? I mean, freaking calling the police? Making an offical statement? It happens countless times a day. W. T. F.
That is clearly photoshopped, look at the lines on the road and the one where the deer is ‘dead’ you can see where they cloned all over the street… it eats through some shadows. That is possibly the worst photoshop job I have ever seen.
The idiots claiming that this is photoshopped are scum, pure and simple, everything that is wrong with the world. Turn on your brain.
(And this is obviously not anyone’s fault.)