Love to text and walk cluelessly? Prepare to pay a fine for that

Healthy scepticism and cynicism: The survey found 75% of consumers did not trust even well-known marketing brands to take care of their data, with many of those saying their trust had been eroded in recent years.

This really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who’s done it: You are just no good at texting and walking. 

While you might do OK at the reading and typing part, your preoccupied brain isn’t paying enough attention to what’s going on with your feet. It’s such a hazard that Honolulu last month adopted an ordinance to outlaw smartphone use by pedestrians crossing streets. Now Stamford, Connecticut, may become the second US city this year to combat the problem with fines.