Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
You know those large, trailer-mounted electronic signs that are parked by the side of the highway to warn drivers of hazard zones ahead, such as construction or flooding? Last fall, I saw one such sign installed beside a main street leading into my local state university. The message on the sign read, “Look for cars when playing Pokemon Go.”
On the same campus, I have often seen young couples walking together…not talking or holding hands…instead, both are absorbed in their own cell phone screens.
I remember when some people feared the Sony Walkman would be dangerously distracting. If they only knew….
Grumpy: My mom’s car was damaged in a rear-end accident a few months ago. The body shop owner said he will never lack for business any more with the deluge of distracted driving rear-end accidents he has been seeing in recent years.