Police warn that participants in the Drake-inspired Kiki challenge face criminal charges

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WTF?! There have been plenty of questionable viral challenges in the past, but the latest has seen law enforcement around the world warn participants that they face fines and criminal charges if caught. Who would have thought all this could come from a comedian dancing to a catchy Drake song?

Remember the Tide Pod challenge from earlier this year? The dangerous practice involved members of the public and YouTubers filming themselves eating the detergent-filled pods that resemble fruit-flavored snacks. Stupid, but arguably not as bad as the latest viral phenomena, the “Kiki Challenge,” which involves getting out of a moving vehicle and dancing alongside it.

Those who take part in the challenge are videoed dancing along to Drake’s “In my feelings” track, leading to the hashtag #InMyFeelings Challenge. They do this next to their slowly moving cars as they travel down the street, something that has already resulted in several injuries.

Comedian Shiggy started the craze after an Instagram post of him dancing to the song went viral. Celebrities including Will Smith have also posted videos of themselves dancing to the music, but none have been jumping out of cars, obviously.

Police everywhere from the US to India to the Middle East are warning of the challenge’s dangers, adding that those caught could face fines up to $1000 and possible criminal charges.

We’ve already seen videos of people smashing into objects, falling down holes, and being hit by other cars while dancing. One clip sees thieves stealing a woman’s handbag as she moves alongside her vehicle.

Mumbai police’s twitter account shows a man crashing into a post as he takes part in the challenge. “Desist from public nuisance or face the music!” the Indian force wrote.

In the US, Connecticut State Police said anyone caught performing the Kiki challenge could face a reckless endangerment charge, while the National Transportation Safety Board also posted a warning on Twitter.

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Bubbajim said:
I'm not normally judgemental but this made even me think that it's time to get some of the crap out of the gene pool.
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Yep, I agree. If you're stupid enough to do this then you're stupid enough to be taken out of the gene pool.
 
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Social media strikes again. Unfortunately you can convince people of anything using it.
 
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Heyyy... not only are we putting ourselves in danger, now we are putting the general public at risk.

It's one thing if you want to ingest something that's harmful to you...

It's another to put other's in danger because you are an *****.
 
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This is just going to get worse. All these *****s with all this free time on their hands and guess what happens. Maybe stupidity is triggered by dormant genes when the population starts to get too large. So at one time our ancestors did nothing but survive on a daily basis. Then there were wars and plagues for thousands of years that kept us in check. Now we pretty much have all the free time we could ever use. It is a fairly safe world at this point in our history. So what controls the population? The ***** gene.
 
There are stupid people in this world, but this article is misleading and needs to be corrected. Shiggy started the craze, but it didnt involve hopping out of a moving vehicle. That's what other people have added to up the ante. The challenge is dancing to that hook on In My Feelings, so the article shouldn't be written as if it involves all of the other stupid stuff.
 
At least is better than the blue whale challenge. It's a 50 day challenge, where on the 50th day you commit suicide. People see how far they can take it, and I guess ones they get into it being a part of their daily life, the stupid people really want to win.
 
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Guess they gave Ghost Riding the Whip a new name, but this is not in any way new. You can find videos on the net from 2006 and early of people doing this, I guess trends really do come back.
 
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