為捕皮卡丘 Pokémon GO玩家引發連環車禍？
目前已經在全球引起熱烈討論的神奇寶貝新遊戲《Pokemon Go》，是一款透過 AR 擴增實境技術、讓玩家可以在真實世界地圖中捕捉神奇寶貝的遊戲。由於這款遊戲基於現實地圖設計，讓玩家必須移動到不同地點才能捕捉神奇寶貝。但也因為這樣，讓一位想要捕捉「皮卡丘」的玩家引發了一場連環車禍！
根據《cartelpress》的報導，一名 26 歲《Pokemon Go》玩家 Lamar Hickson，由於在高速公路行駛中，正好也在用手機遊玩《Pokemon Go》，在他於行經路上發現「皮卡丘」時，突然停止駕駛導致後方來車追撞。
Lamar Hickson 在事發後表示，為了捕捉這些神奇寶貝，玩家必須不顧一切承擔一切風險。他同時也向警方坦承在開車期間正好在玩《Pokemon Go》，該報導指出目前警方還在估算 Lamar Hickson 必須賠償的金額。
儘管 Reddit 網民普遍質疑上述報導的真實性，但《Pokemon Go》遊戲的問題已經愈來愈嚴重，美國華盛頓州運輸局就透過Twitter呼籲玩家，不要在車陣中捕捉神奇寶貝。先前澳洲警方也曾呼籲玩家，不要再為了捕捉神奇寶貝湧入警局，造成員警值勤的困擾。
同時也因為玩家數量太過龐大，造成《Pokemon Go》伺服器數次崩潰，對此《Pokemon Go》官方不得不宣布暫停遊戲在其他地區開放的計畫，因此全球正式公測的的時間恐怕還會再往後延。《Pokemon Go》App 在美國上線後，僅花上半天的時間營收就成為 iPhone 最賺錢的 App，顯見這款遊戲的熱門程度。
MASSACHUSETTS– 26 Year-Old Lamar Hickson is accused of causing one of the worst highway accidents after stopping in the middle of the highway to catch a Pikachu.
Lamar Hickson admitted to police that he was playing the newly released Pokemon app game know as 「Pokemon Go」 while driving. He said 「Sh*t if you wanna catch them all you gotta risk it all so I put my car in park and started tossing these balls」.
Charges against Hickson are still unknown, nobody was seriously hurt but this raises concerns about future accidents. We spoke to one of the car accident victims and he also says he was also playing the game.
We spoke the officers Fredrick Jones who says 「Texting and driving was already a very serious issue, but now playing Pokemon Go and driving could make things worse.」 He said this could double or triple the amount of incidents that happen due to driving while using a mobile device.
The hashtag #dontpokemongoanddrive has since started trending on social media.