Tag: TEXTING WHILE WALKING

Share While we all love the girl who fell down a manhole while texting, we think it's time to crown a new queen in the texting hall of shame. We don't know who this woman is or what mall she was wandering through, but her text-messaging session was cut short by a little trip into the mall fountain. Priceless. Video after the break. ...

By now, it's pretty much common knowledge that texting while driving isn't such a safe idea. As the New York Times reports, though, even texting while walking can be pretty perilous, as well. While most injuries incurred by pedestrian texters are pretty, um, pedestrian, doctors say they've seen a marked increase in the number of patients treated for much more serious text-induced injuries. A ...

It's conventional wisdom at this point that cell phones are distracting, and that even simple activities like walking can become dangerous endeavors when mixed with texting. We've read, and reported on, study after study concerning cell phone users' lack of awareness, but the particulars of one such study, reported by LiveScience, stands out. One part of the study, headed by Ira Hyman, Jr. of ...

Numerous states have already implemented bans on texting while driving, but text-related injuries and deaths definitely aren't limited to the vehicular variety. In 2008, Illinois proposed legislation that would make texting and walking illegal, and now, as textual mishaps mount among pedestrians, those who ridiculed the idea may need to reconsider their stance. The most recent walking-texting ...