The latest street danger? Walking and texting
Brick Lane in London now has padded lampposts to help prevent injury to those who feel the need compose text massages while actually walking.
There are those who believe that the pattern etched by humanity across the great book of world history is one of linear progression. Of improvement. Of advance. Of some nebulous but discernible form of betterment. Those are the people who have not yet heard the news that Brick Lane in east London has started padding its lampposts to prevent those who use its thoroughfare from suffering “walk and text” injuries.
Of course the only thing worse than walking and texting is driving and texting. Yep, there’s plenty of people doing it…
