{"id":63,"date":"2008-06-29T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T12:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.40.175\/theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2008-06-29T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2008-06-29T12:15:20","slug":"the-most-dangerous-street-in-the-uk-for-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2008\/06\/29\/the-most-dangerous-street-in-the-uk-for-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Dangerous Street in the UK For Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Lane in London is being used as a pilot scheme to make it safer for pedestrians to make text messages and calls on there mobile phones while avoiding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/\">injury<\/a> from the many every day hazards located within the street itself.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The scheme which is being funded by 118 118 has padded up all the street furniture such as lampposts, bollards, street signs, bus stops etc &#8230; to stop the busy pedestrians from injury while using there phones.<\/p>\n<p>The injuries labeled as \u201cwalk n&#8217; text\u201d street injuries amount to 6.6 million accidents in Britain last year. If the pilot scheme is successful it may be rolled out across the UK.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"325\" height=\"255\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/807vebt-mmQ&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/807vebt-mmQ&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"325\" height=\"255\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on our cluttered streets causing injury in our modern lives?<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel this is an elaborate marketing ploy by 118? Do you think that the authorities have turned our streets into urban assault courses not fitting with our modern lives? What about blind people &#8211; they have to go though this everyday! 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