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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan hits tree and crashes car while playing 'Pokemon Go'
http://www.foxla.com/news/share-this/173813464-story
Auburn, N.Y. (FOX 11) - A 28-year-old man was distracted while playing the GPS based game 'Pokemon Go' on his phone. He drove his car off the road and crashed into a tree, police said.
Luckily the man wasn't seriously injured, but the front end of his car was totaled.
The Auburn, N.Y. Police Department released the following statement:
'With the sudden popularity of the recently released mobile phone application/game called Pokemon Go the Auburn Police Department would like to remind the public using common sense when playing the game should be paramount above everything else.'
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Auburn, N.Y. (FOX 11) - A 28-year-old man was distracted while playing the GPS based game 'Pokemon Go' on his phone. He drove his car off the road and crashed into a tree, police said.
Luckily the man wasn't seriously injured, but the front end of his car was totaled.
The Auburn, N.Y. Police Department released the following statement:
'With the sudden popularity of the recently released mobile phone application/game called Pokemon Go the Auburn Police Department would like to remind the public using common sense when playing the game should be paramount above everything else.'
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Man hits tree and crashes car while playing 'Pokemon Go' (Original Post)
Cooley Hurd
Jul 2016
OP
Thank god he didn't hit the tree before he crashed. That could have been bad.
Photographer
Jul 2016
#13
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. Thank God he didn't hit Pikachu!
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)2. Game over for everyone then...
LisaM
(27,794 posts)3. I hope they suspend, or better yet revoke, his license
Honestly, what's next?
still_one
(92,061 posts)4. If only he had the Tesla self-driving feature.......
never mind
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)5. Dumbass. It doesn't work if you are going faster than 10mph
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)6. I downloaded and tried it out this morning
Caught one pokemon standing in line in the grocery store. Caught another sitting in the drive thru at Micky D's.
Not sure what the thrill of it is....
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)7. I caught this one and am confused on what to do
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)9. Be vewy vewy quiet...
Before PokemonGo there was WabbitGo...
Mariana
(14,854 posts)10. My parents and their friends spend hours every week
playing card games. They park their butts on chairs around a table and play with these cards for hours and hours on end. They don't play for money or anything like that. Not sure what the thrill of it is...
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)12. My 1st reaction to PG was...
...finally, Winston will get off his ass!
...but, then, I read the story in the OP (which happened in my hometown).
"Winston... no keys to the car."
FSogol
(45,448 posts)8. Scott Kurtz predicted it
Initech
(100,040 posts)11. Common sense: Don't use your damn phones while you're driving!!!
Photographer
(1,142 posts)13. Thank god he didn't hit the tree before he crashed. That could have been bad.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)14. I caught that, too...
Headline fail!
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)15. Two men fell off a cliff in San Diego playing Pokemon Go I see ...
http://www.foxla.com/news/174337167-story
These people are all playing Pokemon oh noooo
These people are all playing Pokemon oh noooo