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WEBVTT E LOWCOUNTRY.33 KEVIN, POLICE ARE SAYING THIS GAME IS SIMPLY DISTRACTING. BECAUSE YOU WALK AROUND IN REAL TIME AND MANY ARE GLUED TO THEIR PHONES I TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO PLAY THE GAME AND ASK THEM WHAT IS IS THAT HAS THEM SO ATTACHED TO THEIR PHONE.3POKEMON IS BACK -- AND IT'S GOT EVERYONE WANTING TO CATCH THEM ALL -- 00:31 "IT'S LIKE A MAP AND THEY CAN SHOW UP RANDOMLY AND IT'S COOL AND DIFFERENT." 02:17 "BASICALLY, IT'S MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY DO EXERCISE." ARIANNA STANDUP 08:20 "SO POKEMON GO USES YOUR GPS AND AS YOU MOVE AROUND MORE AND MORE POKEMON BECOME AVAILABLE AND IT'S YOUR JOB TO CATCH THEM." 02:35 "USUALLY I WALK AROUND SAVANNAH, BUT BEFORE I JUST WALK BUT NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE A GAME TO PLAY WITH WHILE I'M WALKING." BUT IT'S THE WALKING AND PLAYING THE GAME THAT POLICE SAY IS DANGEROUS "POKEMON GO IS A GAME.IT'S NOT WORTH YOU GETTING KILLED PLAYING THAT GAME.STOP YOUR CAR, GET OUT OF YOUR CAR DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU HAVE TO DO,BUT DON'T DO IT BEHINTHE WHEEL OF THE CAR." 00:53 "YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE MOST OF THE TIME WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING IT SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTO AND DON'T PAY3ATTENTION THEN YEA3IT'S DEFINITELY ABLETO BE DISTRACTING." POLICE URGE ALLPLAYERS TO BE VIGALANT -- BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AT ALL TIMES, DON'T VENTURE INTO AREAS YOU'RE UNFAMILAR WITH, AND NEVERáá HUNT FOR POKEMON WHILE DRIVING.3 THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS IN MISSOURI OF PEOPLE USING POKEMON GO TO ROB PLAYERS. SO PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE TIPS WILL DEFINITELY BE HELFUL IF YOU'RE INTO THE GAME. REPORTING IN SAVANNAH, ARIANNA POINDEXTER, WJCL 22 NEWS.3

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