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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. little to do with pokeman go by hij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is far too common in the US, and many people are killed by cars. This has less to do with pokemon and more to do with understanding the responsibility of piloting a large moving object with people around.

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    1. Re:little to do with pokeman go by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

      Agreed, bicycles should follow all the rules of the road. Because they are less visible, they should go even farther out of their way to adhere to all traffic safety regulations and drive defensively as possible.

      For a while, Amazon did bicycle delivery in Seattle (often pulling a bike trailer - those guys were in shape). Those were the only bicyclists I've ever seen in Seattle who followed the rules of the road. 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.

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  2. 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.

  3. Two confirmed deaths? Worse than sharks... :Q by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are over 7 billion people in the world. Every day, over 150,000 people die.

    Two die playing Pokemon? That's sounds about right.

    You need a good comparison to make these kinds of claims. When the number of death per hour played exceeds that for other games, then call me.

    Otherwise, go take a class on statistics.

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  4. Fermi paradox? by linear+a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does *this* explain why alien races all die out before they contact us?

  5. Re:But cyclist have the Right of Way by MitchDev · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Like I tell my daughter, "Pedestrians may legally have the right of way, but a car is a LOT bigger, heavier, and harder than you. And being "right" means little if you're dead."