Scientists looked at 26 healthy
adults and compared how their walking changed when they were reading texts and
typing texts. They found that texting had the most
dramatic changes because people who text walked slower, did not walk in a
straight line and moved their bodies less.
They noticed that people reading texts showed the same findings but to a
less extent.
Researchers also noticed that
pedestrians texting or reading on a mobile phone were not paying as much
attention to obstacles in their path and traffic.
I noticed this last week when I was
reading a text on my phone while walking to our cafeteria for lunchtime. It distracted me from my normal behavior of
watching what was ahead of me as I was walking. We can use this information to avoid danger
by staying off our phones while walking, especially on public streets and
sidewalks. This information can be found
at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140122202209.htm
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