Texting Teen Falls Into Open Manhole, Sewage…
This story from ABC News explains how a Staten Island teen feel into an unattended open manhole cover while she was too engrossed in using a mobile phone to notice that there was a hole in her walking path. She is okay, but was mildly injured. Her family is thinking about suing. Ka-ching! But really, I can’t tell you how many times I still see other drivers using their handsets while driving, even after New Jersey introduced a law where the police can pull you over and fine you for that alone. The fine is several hundred dollars. It seems that many are unaware of the law or don’t care. Now we have an army of drone teens who are so addicted to texting that they miss open manhole covers in their path. She could have easily walked into oncoming traffic, and the outcome might not have been as favorable, or profitable, for her. Food for thought you phone addicted texters! (sticking tongue out at you) At least when I am Twittering, Googling, or otherwise Internetting, I am at a computer and not walking around blissfully unaware of the danger coming my way. This might change as more portable networked computing devices, such as the ones where the screen are in the visor, come online, but we’ll save that for later, shall we?
