I just read this news story:

"Padded lampposts are being trialled in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians.

A pilot scheme has been launched in Brick Lane after it was found to have the highest number of 'walking and texting' injuries in the country.

A study carried out by 118 118 found one in ten people has hurt themselves while focused on their mobile phone screen.

The charity Living Streets is so concerned that it has teamed up with the directory enquiries service to test a scheme to wrap up the nation's lampposts.

A poll will be carried out on Brick Lane to gauge the response of locals.

If successful, the concept will be rolled out in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool."

Just ridiculous. I swear the UK is becoming more of a nanny state every day. To be honest, if people don't have the brainpower to realise that while you're texting and walking, it helps to look up every once in a while, they deserve a knock on the head! Who knows? It might knock some sense into them.