1st reported death in Japan of man riding an electric standup scooter | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

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1. And I’m sure the response will be “abunai”. They will probably ban all forms of mobility invented in the past 10 years.

2. Just looking at how people swerve around on these things in rush hour traffic, I was wondering when this would happen.

3. Oh, they’re going to close the border again now! /s

4. Accidents happen… I quite like those scoots actually but they aren’t safe without protection just like bikes…

5. Blame the scooter though, not the alcohol. Alcohol means tax money after all.

6. Ban scooters

7. Just ban the scooters. Fk them

8. That took longer than I was expecting. I see hundreds of people riding these things each day. Statistically, only having one mortal accident in the past 2 or 3 years is extremely low.

9. When compared to death stats on a quick google search than that’s nothing compared to bicyclists hit or killed each year.  22859 cyclists were hit and 427 cyclists killed in 2019.

10. Wasn’t wearing a helmet, under the influence of alcohol, in a parking lot, fell on his head. Maybe 52 is too old.

11. People die from car accidents all the time can those too

12. > He was apparently operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol, according to police.

    Not so suspicious anymore