Study confirms shocking fact about Pokemon Go players


The study mentioned:

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 16- to 24-year-olds, whom the game targets. Moreover, according to the American Automobile Association, 59% of all crashes among young drivers involve distractions within 6 seconds of the accident.2 We report on an assessment of drivers and pedestrians distracted by Pokémon GO and crashes potentially caused by Pokémon GO by mining social and news media reports.

Image: wheelscene.com
Image: wheelscene.com

The study came up with this result:

“Thirty-three percent (95% CI, 31%-34%) of tweets indicated that a driver, passenger, or pedestrian was distracted by Pokémon GO, suggesting there were 113 993 (95% CI, 107 084-117 447) total incidences reported on Twitter in just 10 days.”

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Till the time of writing this report there has been 14 different car crashes involving Pokemon Go which were reported. So, it is high time for the players to avoid playing the game while driving.

This isn’t a good trend and we’re sure people should take note of this. It’s not okay to play Pokemon Go or any other game for that matter while you’re driving. Not only does this put your own life at risk but also endangers those that are on road.

Image: pokemongoglobal.com
Image: pokemongoglobal.com

Do not be an idiot and do these kind of behaviour. Enjoy the game like it’s meant to be enjoyed and don’t try to pull off these risky stunts.

You can read the full report here.