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Word on the Street: Texting lanes

A university in Utah has dedicated texting lanes for people to walk and text without disrupting foot traffic flow. Recently in China, a teen girl got stuck in a drain because she was paying too much

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Jun 23, 2015, 3:41 PM

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Word on the Street: Texting lanes

A university in Utah has dedicated texting lanes for people to walk and text without disrupting foot traffic flow. Recently in China, a teen girl got stuck in a drain because she was paying too much

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