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09-17-2016, 03:23 AM
Unsafe at any speed: Thousands play Pokémon Go behind the wheel
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If you thought that some die hard Pokémon Go fans were playing the game while also trying to drive a car, and those suspicions were confirmed Friday.
A new study from the JAMA Network (http://jamanetwork.com/public/about.aspx) analyzed tweets and news items during July relating to the game and driving, and found that over 100,000 incidents of driving while playing were reported on Twitter.*
14 crashes were attributed to the game in the same period, with one user driving into a tree.
SEE ALSO: 'Pokémon Go' manages to hurt religious sentiments in India even before official launch (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/pokemon-go-eggs-temple-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
For the study (http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2553331#Results), researchers analysed Twitter postings containing the terms "Pokemon" and "driving," "drives," "drive" or "car" between July 10 to July 19. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/pokemon-go-driving-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you thought that some die hard Pokémon Go fans were playing the game while also trying to drive a car, and those suspicions were confirmed Friday.
A new study from the JAMA Network (http://jamanetwork.com/public/about.aspx) analyzed tweets and news items during July relating to the game and driving, and found that over 100,000 incidents of driving while playing were reported on Twitter.*
14 crashes were attributed to the game in the same period, with one user driving into a tree.
SEE ALSO: 'Pokémon Go' manages to hurt religious sentiments in India even before official launch (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/pokemon-go-eggs-temple-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
For the study (http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2553331#Results), researchers analysed Twitter postings containing the terms "Pokemon" and "driving," "drives," "drive" or "car" between July 10 to July 19. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/pokemon-go-driving-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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