The City of Philadelphia says, despite reports flooding the media and internet, they are NOT going to fine pedestrians caught texting while walking, as part of their ‘Give Respect, Get Respect’ campaign. They said they WILL hand out educational information to people caught walking inattentively, but they won’t try to get $120 out of them.

Here’s the latest from Philly.com. As is often the case, the comments are interesting too.