Twitch streamer AngelsKimi under fire for driving with phone in hand Instagram: AngelsKimi\/UnsplashTwitch streamer Angelskimi has come under fire for holding her phone in her hand while driving during a live broadcast, amid continued scrutiny about dangerous driving on the platform. AngelsKimi is one of Twitch\u2019s most popular in-real-life [IRL] streamers around \u2013 amassing over 250,000 followers on her channel. Thousands of viewers tune in to watch her broadcasts \u2013 whether he\u2019s out and about, or playing Minecraft with some other streamers. However, it is a recent IRL stream from her car that has landed AngelsKimi in hot water with some fans. 600During her September 7 stream, AngelsKimi had been IRL streaming from her car along with a friend for a few hours, when viewers questioned why she had her phone in-hand. The streamer, who was behind the wheel, was seen looking down for a few moments at the phone, while another \u2013 which was recording the whole thing \u2013 was attached to the windscreen with the camera and Twitch chat on. After the clip went viral on Reddit, the streamer stepped in to defend herself \u2013 explaining that the phone was in her hand for directions. \u201cJust to clarify, when I drive I\u2019m not looking at the streaming phone. I stated that numerous times in my stream,\u201d she said. \u201cThe phone in my hand has Google Maps, I occasionally glance at directions and I do that while driving.\u201d However, that explanation didn\u2019t go down too well with Redditors who quickly jumped to inform her of her major mistake. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s illegal in California to drive with a phone in your hand anyway, even if you were looking at directions. It\u2019s distracted driving and is dangerous,\u201d replied user ClassicKobe. Another, Paaaul, added: \u201cDisappointed to see you react this way \u2013 there\u2019s zero excuse for distracted driving when lives are on the line. It\u2019s nothing to do with streaming at the end of the day. It\u2019s just a dumb, unnecessary risk. And if you were using google maps, why not have it speak the directions like any other normal GPS?\u201d Another user was confused as to why the streamer thought that the directions defense was acceptable. \u201cSo, because it\u2019s Google maps, it\u2019s okay to drive with the phone in hand while looking down at it as you\u2019re driving?\u201d they asked. Others, however, pointed out that it was having a phone in the hand while driving has gotten other streamers banned in the past. As of writing, AngelsKimi\u2019s Twitch account is still live and hasn\u2019t yet received any blowback for their on-stream use of the phone. It remains to be seen, however, if she will suffer any consequences for doing so or if it will blow over by the next time she goes live. Other streamers have faced bans for driving streams in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamer AngelsKimi under fire for driving with phone in hand Instagram: AngelsKimi\/UnsplashTwitch streamer Angelskimi has come under fire for holding her phone in her hand while driving during a live broadcast, amid continued scrutiny about dangerous driving on the platform. AngelsKimi is one of Twitch\u2019s most popular in-real-life [IRL] streamers around \u2013 amassing over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}