Speaking of technology-induced carnage, I was running errands this morning and was stopped at a red light. For entertainment, a teen-age girl was crossing the street while talking on a cellphone. It really was a miracle she made it, as she was completely oblivious to everything around her (traffic, lights, the pick-up truck she walked in front of, the car making the left-hand turn that I thought was surely going to do her in, etc.). You could have filmed the scene and come up with a really taut suspense thriller, or at the very least a bad video game. At least she wasn't driving--but I could easily envision someone driving while phoning taking her out. Yet another reason why leaving the house these days is just a bad idea.
This isn't the first time I've seen this (and try walking down a sidewalk in NYC; the sheer number of braindead cellphoners one can ricochet off of is like some twisted version of pinball). And I don't think the IQ scale goes low enough to measure the lack of brainpower behind the guy who was talking on a cellphone while riding a bike a few months ago--he almost ended up flying through my windshield. No doubt it was a vitally important call.
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