I read my book while walking! The pavements here have bikes, scooters and out-of-control poodles wearing clothes so it's perhaps a little dangerous, but then again this is a country full of smartphone zombies so we're all good at dodging each other.
Yeah, I never ran into anything so I don't know why people with phones can't manage. It's not like your peripheral vision stops working and a glance up every now and then for eye-level hazards, Bob's your uncle.
I used to walk around the block reading a book.
Yeah, before being a smartphone zombie was cool.
This was in Oz though, where we can build flat concrete footpaths and don't fill every fucking street with shite to bump into.