{"id":98585,"date":"2019-08-16T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/random_whatever_you_do_dont_be_this_foolish_pokemon_go_player"},"modified":"2019-08-16T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:30:00","slug":"random-whatever-you-do-dont-be-this-foolish-pokemon-go-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/16\/random-whatever-you-do-dont-be-this-foolish-pokemon-go-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Whatever You Do, Don&#8217;t Be This Foolish Pok\u00e9mon GO Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5d1466f5ab965\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5d1466f5ab965\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Don&#8217;t catch and drive, ya hear?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/794\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Damo\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Damo\">Damien McFerran<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <time class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2019-08-16T12:30:00+00:00\"><span>4 hours ago<\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>Driving and playing video games is pretty stupid, but a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a><\/strong> player recently spotted by some Washington State troopers has taken foolishness to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/washington-state-patrol-finds-driver-on-shoulder-playing-pokemon-go-on-8-phones\/\">The story goes<\/a> that the troopers, having noticed a stopped car on the hard shoulder of highway, decided to pull over and check to see if any help was required. What they found was a Pok\u00e9mon GO addict playing the game on not one but <em>eight<\/em> smartphones \u2013 despite the fact that the game comes with numerous warnings about playing while in control of a moving vehicle.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonDistraction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonDistraction<\/a> Sergeant Kyle Smith contacted a vehicle on the shoulder yesterday evening. This is what was next to the driver! Playing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonGO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonGO<\/a> with EIGHT (8) phones! Driver agreed to put phones in back seat and continued his commute with 8 less distractions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tgOr16CRlm\">pic.twitter.com\/tgOr16CRlm<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Trooper Rick Johnson (@wspd2pio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wspd2pio\/status\/1161666745536409600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Because the individual in question wasn&#8217;t actually caught playing the game while the car was in motion, he avoided a ticket, but he was forced by the troopers to place his phones on the back seat of his car, where they would no longer prove to be a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>And you thought that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/random_70-year-old_pokemon_go_player_gets_snapped_up_as_an_asus_brand_ambassador\">old guy who had phones attached to his bike<\/a> was bad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/kotaku.com\/man-caught-playing-pokemon-go-on-eight-phones-in-his-ca-1837287415\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/man-caught-playing-pokemon-go-on-eight-phones-in-his-ca-1837287415\">kotaku.com<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: http:\/\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/wspd2pio\/status\/1161666745536409600\ufeff \ufeff\" href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/wspd2pio\/status\/1161666745536409600\ufeff \ufeff\"> https<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/washington-state-patrol-finds-driver-on-shoulder-playing-pokemon-go-on-8-phones\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/washington-state-patrol-finds-driver-on-shoulder-playing-pokemon-go-on-8-phones\/\">seattletimes.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/pokemon\/related-info\/b1f98ea78df09064ff3ede974413c28b @ 2019-08-16T17:19:08+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t catch and drive, ya hear? by Damien McFerran 4 hours ago Driving and playing video games is pretty stupid, but a Pok\u00e9mon GO player recently spotted by some Washington State troopers has taken foolishness to a whole new level. 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