Emergency Room Visits From Distracted Walking Skyrocket (cbsnews.com)

schwit1 writes: An estimated ten percent of pedestrian injuries that land people in emergency rooms are due to distracted walking, a recent study found. That's thousands of people injured — sometimes killed. In San Diego, investigators believe Joshua Burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he took a fatal fall some 40 feet off Sunset Cliffs. "A lot of people don't admit that they do it," said Dr. Claudette Lajam, an orthopedic surgeon. "It's getting worse as we have more and more features on these devices that we carry around with us that can distract us."

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Personally

[liqu1d]

I wish they'd take a step back and let natural selection take its course.

As always

[nospam007]

Think of it as evolution in action.