What to do about protecting distracted pedestrians

By Joan Lowy

Associated Press

Published: Monday, July 30 2012 1:25 a.m. MDT

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A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks.

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Hey It's Me

Salt Lake City, UT

Seriously? What could be so important on your cell phone that it is worth risking your life? Adults my age didn't have cell phones in our 20's and 30's, yet, we seemed to be able to function in life and still get done what was needed. More..

7:25 a.m. July 30, 2012
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bikeboy

Boise, ID

"State and local officials are ... asking how far government should go in trying to protect people from themselves."

In this reader's opinion, the government shouldn't have ANY duty to protect people from themselves.
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10:31 a.m. July 30, 2012
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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

First identify distracted pedestrians and then fit them with shock collars. We could then get a federal grant to hire people to follow each of them and give them a jolt at appropriate moments.

Short of that the responsibility to avoid More..

11:38 a.m. July 30, 2012
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