I remember using Waze for the first time many years back and it saved me a couple minutes off a rush hour commute by routing me through a residential area and past an elementary school with a bunch of kids running around.

Great, the map app shaved a couple of minutes for some drivers in a hurry by putting hundreds of kids' lives in danger.

Mapping apps ought to be subject to some sensible regulation to avoid cases like this and the one in OP.