Hard as it is to believe, the Daily Mail reports that one in ten Britons has suffered a "walk 'n text' injury in the past year after colliding with lampposts, garbage bins or other pedestrians. That's 6.6 million accidents each year by people walking and texting.
Instead of telling people to pay attention, the government is now padding the lampposts.
Almost two thirds - 62 per cent - of Brits concentrate so hard while texting that they lose their peripheral vision, researchers found.
Given the apparent dangers of "unprotected text", over a quarter of Brits - 27 per cent - are in favour of creating a 'mobile motorway' on Britain's pavements.
Texters could follow a brightly coloured line, which which would act like a cycle lane, steering them away from obstacles.
And 44 per cent of those surveyed wanted pads placed on lampposts to protect them while texting. The study found that busy city streets were the worst for "walk 'n text" accidents.