Pokemon Go has become so popular that it has become a traffic hazard in places like the outskirts of Taipei in Beitou. Beitou police has set up a group to deal with the crowds which reached over 10,000 this past weekend. Rare monsters often appear in the Pokemon Go game in the Beitou Park.
Between August 11 and 22, there were 474 parking violations and 46 pedestrian violations in Beitou Park. The new police group will work to keep the crowds safe and the traffic moving. It also said if there were continuous parking violations, the police would call on tow trucks to deal with the cars immediately so that people can enjoy their road rights in the area.
The MRT saw 18,000 people using the Beitou station on Sunday which is three times more than during the weekends in July. The mass rush of the crowd to catch Pokemon creatures was even reported in global media such as Time magazine. Time’s website described it as a scene from the end of the world.