The UK sidewalks safer for texters?!?
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According to a study carried out by 118.com, (a 411 site), ten percent of people in the United Kingdom, who are into texting, have hurt themselves, writing or sending an SMS while walking. The local charity, Living Streets felt that text addicted pedestrians are at great risk and has joined with the 118 site to wrap up all the lampposts on the island. What a great idea! It sounds to us just like the suggestion a US comedian (sorry, we forgot his name) gave to parents, which stated that kids should go to bed with helmets on, in order not to hurt their heads on the pillow…
source : Yahoo!
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10 Comments
1. (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:41 0 0
thats really sad, what a waste of money, people just need to be more responsible and pay attention to where they are going
2. LordObento (unregistered) posted on 06 Mar 2008, 11:18 0 0
If it was in the US, people would 1st start a class-action law suit against the lamp post companies and other obstructions on our sidewalks I.E. USPS mailbox, newpaper machines...etc then we would get everything padded.
3. (unregistered) posted on 06 Mar 2008, 11:31 0 0
agreed, a complete waste of money. people still dont have food in parts of the world and these idots are walking into things.Cancel that shipment of rice to Africa and get some padding to the UK!!
4. RetardedTommie (unregistered) posted on 07 Mar 2008, 01:53 0 0
Would you care a cup of tea, sir? No sir, I am texting, oof, my head!
5. Screwer (unregistered) posted on 07 Mar 2008, 09:29 0 0
AND over 1 milion people die from suicide every year. How about making knifes blunt and guns squirty? Oh, oh! And make bungee ropes on every rooftop!
6. Tiger Uppercut (unregistered) posted on 07 Mar 2008, 11:34 0 0
This proves brits and engies and peoples in the UK are just morons. Leave it to Englishmen to not be able to accomplish 2 things simultaneously. Seriously...who can't walk and text. My grandmother is 207 years old and she can do that.
7. Chief (unregistered) posted on 07 Mar 2008, 11:38 0 0
OMG. I can't stand those bloody wankers! IDK who they think they are but honestly how dumb do you have to be. From the country that banned toothbrushes!
8. jskrenes (unregistered) posted on 10 Mar 2008, 10:35 0 0
So if you're walking the other way, too bad! Also, what's next, padded cars in case people walk into the streets while texting?
9. (unregistered) posted on 17 Mar 2008, 05:54 0 0
will never happen just a way to advertise for free 118, and just for the record some of us in the uk can do more than one thing at a time maybe WHEN this happens you can call us all morons however remember that there are companys etc that may do stupid things in the U.S does that mean you are all stupid by default just because of their actions?
10. (unregistered) posted on 17 Mar 2008, 06:05 0 0
number 7 to the best of my knowledge nobody has banned toothbrushes here
