Usually, whenever we read about a Grand Theft Auto game post-release, it’s in reference to a mess caused by the game's supposed negative influences. We hear the ranting and raving over its violence, and its negative effects on today’s youth. Thankfully, we can report something much more light-hearted today. According to The Times, Grand Theft Auto was the catalyst of some quick thinking by an 11-year-old girl that helped save her family after a car accident.
The girl, Audrey Plique, and her family were driving to visit family on August 27th. Around 9 P.M., Audrey’s father began to get light-headed. His unease led to striking a guardrail and flipping their Jeep Cherokee four times into a ditch. Audrey called the accident a “scary experience,” and I would happen to call it a “nightmare.”
While her family hung in their belt buckles, suffering from injuries, Audrey was immediately alert and sought help after dragging her mother out of the vehicle. Audrey’s mother claims that the reason her daughter was so alert was a direct result of the lesson that Grand Theft Auto teaches us – overturned cars catch on fire and detonate catastrophically.
I won’t argue physics with Audrey’s mother, but I’m glad to know that she and her family are safe. I’m glad there’s a least one story about GTA in society that turned out quite well.
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4:56 PM on 09.03.2008
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But, amazing story, nontheless.
*sigh* What happened now?
But, that totally would've been fucking awesome.
At first I thought this was going to be a joke story, and expected it to be a Jim post. It's nice to have a story that doesn't follow the rest of the sheep.
It's all bullshit.
Kids with imaginary friends to researchers: "You know it's pretend, right?"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/202632_imaginary07.html
I don't disagree with the ratings system, but I think it should be taken more as a suggestion rather than a restriction. I watched rated-R movies before I was 17. I think it would be a crime NOT to watch Die Hard before you're 18 years old. Games are exactly the same, a violent game isn't going to destroy the mind of a child. It might give a stupid kid "ideas", but that's just a stupid kid. It's only a matter of time before he does SOMETHING wrong.
That's brilliant.
It just gives credence to the rest of those idiots - if GTA is responsible for this kid saving her family, then it MUST be able to cause people to beat kids to death and steal cabs, right?
pssssh. Amateurs. Try 15 times and getting ejected. Yeah, I roll cars like muthafuckin dice.
Maybe this mom is trying to justify that she lets her 11 year old play GTA?
Regardless, I'm glad it all ended well.
First time a GTA article here has made me meh.
This is more believable than some of the other claimed video game storieds
My god, why don't you go out and buy a NEW-gen system? Dirty Pirate Hooker...
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"I think this is almost as bad as people blaming GTA for crimes they commit.
It just gives credence to the rest of those idiots - if GTA is responsible for this kid saving her family, then it MUST be able to cause people to beat kids to death and steal cabs, right?"
I completely agree the parallels are all there this is just giving GTA credit based on a loosely connected refrence instead of blaming GTA for somthing based on a loosely connected refrence in the game.
If that didnt make sense its because i am very sleep deprived.
Eh, I'm glad the story had a happy ending, in any case.
And if she used GTA to rescue her parents she should have car-jacked a fireengine , ran over some pedestrians to get a hellicopter chase and then led them all to he crash site.
About time a positive effect of GTA is reported about. :O)
1.) Overturned cars blow the fuck up
2.) You can actually kill hookers to get your money back
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