For Pokémon GO, players need to venture outside and catch Pokémon while walking, hatch eggs, and conquer gyms. However, for 60 players from Canada, this led to a dangerous situation that makes it clear that attention should also be on traffic.
What was that dangerous situation? In the reddit forum, a player reports that he and 59 others formed a group to catch Crypto-Lugia in a raid. They crossed a street where there was no crosswalk and no traffic light to regulate traffic.
As the group wanted to cross the street, a car zoomed by. The driver yelled that the group should get out of the way, as she was driving on the road.
When some players wanted to let her pass, one player stood in the street and acted as a “crosswalk” – he waved the group safely across and held up traffic. We spare you the subsequent insults exchanged between the driver and the player.
In another situation, a car turned right and overlooked a red light. The player gave the car a tap on the rear to signal that it was not okay. Whether other members of the group were endangered during this incident, the user omitted in his story.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incidents, but the situations remind us that your eyes while playing Pokémon GO should not just be glued to the screen.
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What do other players say about this? In the comments, many users believe that the player acted incorrectly. The group should have simply let the driver pass to de-escalate the situation. It would have taken little time to stop briefly and let her by.
Some users sound far from enthusiastic about the story (via reddit.com):
- Wigberht_Eadweard: ‘I understand that you are legally in the right, but it’s not uncommon to let a single car pass when there’s a pretty constant stream of pedestrians.’
- Runescaper4good: ‘That doesn’t make you sound as cool as you think… people have stopped to wait 5 seconds to let the woman pass, and you went out and escalated the situation.’
- skullsquid1999: ‘Sounds like you were quite the fool.’
The situation is reminiscent of the closed bridge in Düsseldorf. Upon the release of Pokémon GO, a popular bridge was closed to vehicular traffic so that players could safely venture onto the street. Several portable toilets and trash cans were even set up to ensure players were well-equipped.
Such actions protect careless players from straying onto the road and, in the worst case, getting hit by a car. So keep your eyes open when playing Pokémon GO or any other AR game in traffic.
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