"Police in one of India's biggest cities are clamping down on people dying for a selfie." The recent death of a college student, was swept into the sea while attempting to take a selfie with her cell phone. She drowned at the Marine Drive Promenade in Mumbai on June 15, 2015. Then once the man notice she was drowning he attempted to save her. He later drowned too. According to the Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni there is 16 spots that are dangerous where taking selfies can be dangerous. These no selfie zones are actually places many people go on vacation. Such as festival sites, beaches, and tourist attraction. this has also increase police watch. On a global scale, India has the highest number of selfie related deaths with 9 since 2014. Mumbai's new regulations are in line by other countries. Japan even outlawed the "selfie-stick".
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Opinion: It would be safe to have no-selfie zones, because it could save lives if people follow it. I would follow the no-selfie zone if it were a law, because my life is more important than a photo.
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Good story but you only commented twice the entire week.
It would be good idea to have these zones, but I feel like this law would interfere with the freedoms of our lives. If someone wants to take a picture, let them take it. It would be very scary in fact I wouldn't take any pictures in a dangerous place. I would follow the law of the No-selfie zone due to safety purposes.
I think it's very dumb that people are dying just for a picture and I don't think it really affects safety of a lot of people just the ones who want a serious selfie. These no selfie zones could make these attraction a little safer but not much. I wouldn't be very scary other than that you lost a loved one and that it was a tragic event. I can't think of very many spots near us that would have no selfies spots and I don't take very many selfies anyways so I would probably follow it.
Thanks for the feed back Dave. The are some place where the government can place no selfie zones such as on a lake. You could be driving a boat and fall into the water.
I think this is a very dumb thing to have. It is not because of the selfie that this is happening it is because of the way people take the pictures that cause deaths. Its like how people say guns kill people but they don't. Cameras don't kill people the stupid things people do with cameras kill people. It would be terrible if a friend died no doubt but it wouldn't change how I felt if they died like this. I do not take selfies but if I did I would not follow this.
I think it is a bit ridiculous that people are dying from taking selfies. Having a no selfie zone would make things safer. I would not take selfies in those areas. I would probably not follow it because I like taking pictures.
I think it would be safe so people won't be dumb and go take selfies while risking their life. If I knew someone who died because of something like that, I would be devastated and question why they would ever do something like that in my mind. I don't think that many people would even follow this law because they will think its' stupid.
I think it's probably safe to have a no selfie zone. Obviously people have been injured and even died because of the selfies they were trying to take. If I found out that somebody I knew died from taking a selfie I would of course be sad, but I also think that they were stupid to try to get the picture in the first place.
I don't really care if there is a no selfie zone or not because it would be almost impossible to enforce it. The reason that the college student died is because she wasn't thinking about where she was and the possibility that she could get swept out to sea. The selfie wasn't the cause of death. Would it be scary if someone I knew died in an accident such as this? No I would wonder why the heck they are so worried about getting the picture in the first place. I doubt the US makes a law like this because I feel that there would be a big number of those who oppose it, but if it was a law I would most likely follow it. Not because it is a law, but because I don't take selfies.
To add to my thoughts, there is a reason we were given the ability to remember things. Sometimes I like to not take a picture of something, because a picture won't do the image proper justice. I might take a picture of part of the scene so I can reminisce about it later, but sometimes I like to just take in the sight, and put it in my mind rather than a camera lens.
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