Lesson No.1: Don't use your phone in public while strolling about, oblivious to what's going on around you. I used to cycle to work down a pavement which was d

Lesson No.1: Don't use your phone in public while strolling about, oblivious to what's going on around you. I used to cycle to work down a pavement which was divided into half for walking on and half cycle lane. I lost count of the number of times I had to swerve round people strolling along [often in the dedicated cycle lane part] with their phone either clamped to the side of their head or held out in front of them watching something on screen --completely oblivious to the world around them. If I'd been of a criminal disposition, I could have trivially plucked the phones from these people's hands and been away and out of reach before they even realised what was going on. And I could have harvested 3 or 4 phones every day this way. And that's, just commuting to work, not actually seeking out victims. I generally have sympathy for anyone who gets their 'stuff' stolen. But not much I'm afraid for the kind of people who can't even walk down the street without their fucking phone permanently attached to their face. Completely ignorant of the fact they're getting in other people's way and almost causing accidents, wherever they go.