Padded lampposts are being trialled in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians.Maybe I was brought badly but I was taught that if you were too stupid to look ahead while you were walking and walked into something, that it was a sign that I needed to learn to look up.
A pilot scheme has been launched in Brick Lane after it was found to have the highest number of 'walking and texting' injuries in the country.A study carried out by 118 118 found one in ten people has hurt themselves while focused on their mobile phone screen.The charity Living Streets is so concerned that it has teamed up with the directory enquiries service to test a scheme to wrap up the nation's lampposts.A poll will be carried out on Brick Lane to gauge the response of locals.If successful, the concept will be rolled out in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
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