London pads lamp posts to curtail "Texting while Walking" mishaps

[trekgeezer]

Talk about you nanny-state.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080304/tuk-padding-to-protect-pedestrians-dba1618.html?eyesfrontidiot

[Newt]

Pathetic.  Bubblewrap the world.

[Trevor]

 

I love the "eyes front idiot" part of that link. 

[Jack]

If you're dumb enough to walk into a lightpole, you fully deserve what you get.  I just cannot fathom why anyone would want to prevent that.  If I were running things, I'd have the word "MORON" printed in mirror image, in non-drying ink on all the lightposts.  If someone walking into one, they'd have it stamped across their forehead for the remainder of the day.  Or week, month, whatever.