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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 05 > How could you miss that clown on the unicycle?

How could you miss that clown on the unicycle?

Yes, cell phone users are that unobservant, researchers discover

By Kie Relyea / The Bulletin
November 5, 2009

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — How blind to their surroundings can people be when they’re talking on their cell phones?

Enough to miss seeing a clown — wearing bright purple and yellow clothes, with a red nose and big red shoes — riding a unicycle near them as they walked across Red Square on the Western....

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