http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012/12/20/how-unsafe-it-is-to-text-while-walking Comments On: How Unsafe it is to Text While Walking? by Sarah Mirk en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Just because YOU can see a car, doesn't mean the person in the car can see you, even with the best of attention and intentions. Even if you're in a crosswalk, you NEED to make sure the driver sees and acknowledges you before you move forward. The pedestrian might have the right of way, but they're the one who is going to get killed in that collision.

Preventable tragedies, man.
Posted by Melogna]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:25:03 -0800 Portland Mercury
I text and walk all the time, chicks dig it - 'cause I'm busy yo. And no matter how much Mirk and the Nanny State tries, they’ll have to take my Natural Right of Movement and Communication from my cold dead hands.
Posted by fidelity_axiom]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:01:27 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by rich bachelor]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:51:45 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by ROM]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:16:26 -0800 Portland Mercury
This post just had a certain "...but what I REALLY want to talk about is..." quality to it.
Posted by Blabby]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:37:59 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by chicostix]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:47:52 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by geyser]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:43:46 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by guspasho]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:30:00 -0800 Portland Mercury
also, i think it's waaaay too easy to obtain a driver's license in the first place -- an I.Q. test should be involved, for starters.
Posted by human in training]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:22:21 -0800 Portland Mercury
You should really wait for a more respectful time to make comments, someone did die, you know.
Posted by fidelity_axiom]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:11:23 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Williams, Jay]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:45:32 -0800 Portland Mercury
"Of course, the big issue isn't famine, but drivers."

"Of course, the big issue isn't the Middle East, but drivers."

"Of course, the big issue isn't colon cancer, but drivers."
Posted by Blabby]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:35:45 -0800 Portland Mercury