This video of a man crashing into a van proves you should never text and walk

We realise this now.

WE MIGHT THINK we’re coordinated enough to text and walk at the same time, but really we’re not.

Just look at this guy, who was so busy with his phone that he didn’t notice the big, white van idling before him.

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We promise, from this point on, we’ll never text and walk ever again*.

(*We probably will though. Oops.)

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