Should texting on your phone while walking be made illegal?
27 June 2019
Cyclist Robert Hazeldean was made to pay compensation to a woman he was involved in a collision with. Robert was on his bicycle and the woman was walking and texting on her phone.
The judge in the case decided that both parties were to blame, but Hazeldean had to pay compensation because he hadn’t entered a counterclaim against the pedestrian. A crowdfunding campaign was organised to raise money for Hazeldean’s legal fees.
Mornings with Laura Maxwell asked whether walking and texting should be made illegal.
Can people walk and text?
Scientists say humans ‘evolved’ to cope with walking and texting. (From 2015)
Texting and driving
Using phones while driving is ‘epidemic’. (From 2016)
Smartphones: The Dark Side
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