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Second Confirmed Death In Japan Involving Pokemon Go (japantimes.co.jp)

Posted by msmash on from the don't-catch-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Japan Times reports another death. This time a 20 year old woman has died after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle. The man driving the car claimed he was distracted changing the battery because it was nearly flat from playing Pokemon Go. Police have already charged him with negligence resulting in injury. The penalty for causing death is a maximum 7 years jail. The Japanese National Police agency said there have been 79 bicycle and car accidents linked to the game. Another death was reported yesterday

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  1. Pokemon Go killed more people than Tesla Autopilot by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Informative

    So, Pokémon Go has now killed more people than Tesla Autopilot has.

  2. Re:little to do with pokeman go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    All the rest seem to be involved is some sort of mass suicide-by-car, to the point where I expect to hear narration by David Attenborough on the lifecycle of these strange creatures.

    Bicyclists seem to have this illusion that they have the right of way over everyone and everything - even pedestrians. And when they break the traffic rules, they get pissed when everyone else doesn't give them the right of way.

    And the cops don't enforce it.

    And they are the ones who are out there making a stink about "share the road" when they are the ones usually causing the problems or are very inconsiderate.