A study by researchers at Stony Brook University in New York compared the performance of people asked to walk across a room to a target — a piece of paper taped to the floor — without distractions and then again next day while talking on a cellphone or texting. The group that talked on the cellphone walked slightly slower and veered off course a bit more than previously, but the texting group walked slower, veered off course 61 percent more and overshot the target 13 percent more.
"People really need to be aware that they are impacting their safety by texting or talking on the cellphone" while walking, Eric Lamberg, an associate physical therapy professor who conducted the study, said. "I think the risk is there."
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Seriously? What could be so important on your cell phone that it is worth risking your life? Adults my age didn't have cell phones in our 20's and 30's, yet, we seemed to be able to function in life and still get done what was needed. More..
"State and local officials are ... asking how far government should go in trying to protect people from themselves."
In this reader's opinion, the government shouldn't have ANY duty to protect people from themselves.
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First identify distracted pedestrians and then fit them with shock collars. We could then get a federal grant to hire people to follow each of them and give them a jolt at appropriate moments.
Short of that the responsibility to avoid More..