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Texting & Walking – More Dangerous Than You Think

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Mobile phones are indispensable to our lives&comma; but do they present a unique danger to our lives&comma; as well&quest; Texting and driving causes people to take their eyes off the road for extended periods of time and has given rise to numerous accidents and deaths&period; This led to an almost nationwide ban on driving and texting in the United States&period; Yet&comma; walking and texting can be just as dangerous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Not Just A Meme<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">According to a USA Today statistic&comma; nine out of ten Americans owns a mobile phone&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re also extremely attached to our digital lives with social media and new apps dominating our attention span on a daily basis&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ve probably seen funny memes on your mobile phone about people walking into fountains and glass doors&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s not a joke&period; Just like driving and texting&comma; walking and texting makes people ignore hazards in the real world&period; Pedestrians are walking into moving traffic&comma; poles&comma; walls&comma; and other impediments at an alarming rate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Is It Really A Problem&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you&&num;8217&semi;re one of those people who can&&num;8217&semi;t take their eyes off their phone&comma; then you should know that the numbers of pedestrian accidents are staggering&period; A 2012 study conducted by the safety journal Injury Prevention found that about a third of pedestrians at high-risk intersections were listening to music&comma; texting or using a mobile device&period; People who were texting took eighteen percent longer to cross the intersection and were four times more likely to have unsafe crossing behavior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Who Is Most At Risk&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Teenagers seem to be the trouble demographic for texting and walking&period; According to Safekids&period;org&comma; pedestrian and vehicle-related accidents are the fifth leading cause of death for kids aged five to 19&period; Ohio State University conducted a study in 2013 and found that injuries for people between the ages of 16 and 25 more than doubled between 2005 and 2010&period; Yet&comma; kids aren&&num;8217&semi;t the only demographic at risk here&period; Anybody who is walking and looking down at their mobile phone for extended periods of time is at risk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The National Safety Council added distracted walking injuries to its annual report in 2015 for the first time&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s certainly a rising trend&period; In 2014&comma; Chinese urban planners built sidewalks specifically for people using mobile phones to reduce pedestrian accidents&period; Is that really the answer though&quest; On one hand&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s great that more people are walking and staying connected&period; However&comma; we have to find a balance between staying connected and staying alert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">References<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nsc&period;org&sol;learn&sol;safety-knowledge&sol;Pages&sol;news-and-resources-pedestrian-safety&period;aspx<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;daveabels&period;com&sol;pedestrian-accidents&period;html<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;healthline&period;com&sol;health-news&sol;tech-texting-while-walking-causes-accidents-031014<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">http&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;GMA&sol;video&sol;dangers-texting-walking-rise-study-37484906<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;08&sol;pedestrian-fatalities-surge-10-percent&sol;81483294&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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