Driver gets caught pulled over on the highway with 8 phones running 'Pokémon Go'
On Tuesday, state troopers in Washington spotted a car pulled over onto the shoulder of Highway 518 in Burien. When they pulled up to check on the driver, they found something, and I bet you can't guess what it is. OK, give up? Great. It was a foam block containing eight phones, each of which was running Pokémon Go.
There's a lot to unpack here. First, as the Seattle Times pointed out, this guy is still playing Pokémon Go, which is an incredible feat in itself. His foam block is also incredibly customized: There are custom spaces carved for each phone, many of which are different models (and thus different sizes). This setup clearly took a lot of work.
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As they did not actually see the man playing Pokémon Go while driving, the police were unable to give him a ticket. According a tweet from one of the troopers, he did agree to put the phones in his backseat for the rest of his drive.
Upon inspection, the Pokémon waiting on the side of the road appears to be a Rayquaza, a legendary dragon-type fellow you might remember as the face of Pokémon Emerald. Rayquaza is indeed a hot find in the Pokémon Go universe, but that doesn't mean this guy should've put himself and other drivers at risk.
Anyway, I am going to re-download Pokémon Go today.
Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.
