Let’s stop kidding ourselves. Kids don’t walk and text because they need to communicate as they walk. They do it because it looks cool. It’s visible daily on South Bayview as teens and twenties too act out the role of Texter in a Hurry. Well, it’s up to them until they get hurt. The invention shown on the right is designed (but not very well designed) to prevent text walkers from bumping into others, bouncing off cars or slipping under buses. Just a few of many possibilities. Google pictures.