[gbtw]

Transport cost are too high forcing people to use alternatives like walking.

[donkeyd]

Why do you need to look for such far fetched explanations when you can clearly see massive amounts of people texting while driving? I drive quite a lot (for European standards) and I've seen the amount of people holding phones increase massively. I can recognize it from a mile away by the way people are driving.

[ghaff]

And for that matter, people texting while they're walking across the street with earphones in.

I honestly don't even feel comfortable wearing earphones when I'm walking in the woods much less on a city street.