I'm assuming they where on autopilot and that gate was previously open
No, not looking at their smartphone
Humans don't have superfast reaction speed and that metal gate could have been open on their prior trips through the area so they likely where on autopilot coupled with human reaction timing while at speed meant not enough time to course correct
Don't assume everything bad happening to a person is caused by looking at a smartphone
Are you a boomer ?
Sorry if my comment comes off as aggressive, I'm just sick and tired of older generations stereotyping younger people and the "younger generations always staring at a smartphone" is a typical boomerism
I don't think they would've died but they could have broken a rib or two
That looks like it broke some ribs
They should go to the hospital and get checked up and I hope they did
My science teacher openly used teenage age bracket dirty jokes while teaching in the classroom
Yeah it looks to coordinated rather then randomly flailing and mentally going oh shit
As the family tech support person which I hate to hell and back I have experienced this a few times
I refuse to believe all of those are 267g
Fixed it with bad photo-editing
That is torture of a human subspecies
I hate america because of the racism, bigotry and predujice and the fact that some americans are also just plain toxic and / or have a holier-than-thou attitude towards people from different countries
It permanently left a bad stain on america in my mind because when I think of america I can only think of that and that's why I don't like american stuff
I hope the phone made it out alive