'Pokémon GO'-Related Car Accidents Total $7 Billion USD

Researchers from Perdue University have completed a study that alleges Pokémon GO yielded $2 billion USD to $7.3 billion USD in car accident costs. Over the course of 148 days following the game's launch, the game caused $5.2 million USD to $25.5 million USD in damages in Indiana's Tippecanoe County alone. 12,000 police reports placed between March 1, 2015 and November 30, 2016 in Tippecanoe County were the basis of the researcher's data. Pokémon GO-related incidents accounted for 47 percent o...