Only in America

Obviously American kids have not been taught the dangers of not looking where you are going, if this story is anything to go by. A 15 year old girl was walking down the street and being so engrossed in the text message she was composing that she completely missed the open manhole in the middle of the pavement (sidewalk for the US), down she went, swiftly and completely, to the bottom, luckily suffering nothing more than a good scare and a few scrapes (and possibly some embarrassment) she was helped out by the workmen who had opened up the manhole.

Now that should be a prime example of why you should look where you are going and, one would think, a lesson learned, after all it is illegal to text and drive for a very good reason so surely the same should apply to pedestrians, well not in the eyes of the girls mother.

The first thoughts of the family is to file a lawsuit, the girls mother said "it doesn't matter that her daughter was walking and texting" and maybe to give an idea as to their main concern she continued "One of her sneakers is still down there".

Nothing said concerning the well-being of her daughter but that shoe is being sorely missed.