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Video Racing Games May Spur Risky Driving

Posted by Hemos on from the get-out-of-my-way dept.

kiwimate writes "A study concludes that people who play car racing games may be more likely to take risks and drive aggressively when driving in real life. According to the article, "The study appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, published by the American Psychological Association"." Just because after I play Grand Theft Auto I want to ram other cars does not mean I'm a worse driver. Honest.

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  1. Re:My sorta story by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, there was that time I patronized a hooker, then immediately afterward bludgeoned her to death, and plucked the money I paid her from where it was floating in the air several inches above her slowly vanishing corpse... wait, that was years before GTA came out. Never mind.

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  2. Re:Who plays racing games? Teenage boys? by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was judged "not at fault" in the accident, the body armor was unlocked at my hideout for completing a Unique Stunt

    Fixed.

  3. Re:My sorta story by russ1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look, this is ridiculous.

    If people thought playing computer games would affect your actions in real life, then all those hours of PacMan would have had us running around in darkened rooms listening to repetitive music munching on pills.

    Oh wait....