Get Up And Do Something: Texting pedestrians asking for trouble, study finds

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Texting pedestrians asking for trouble, study finds Dec 15th 2012, 11:59 They're a lot like Pavlov's dogs, those people who hear the ping of a landing text message or email and immediately whip out their smartphone to respond. Now researchers in Seattle have found 30 percent of those plugged-in pedestrians were crossing the street while peering at cellphone screens, listening to music, or otherwise not paying attention. "I was surprised it was as prevalent as it is," said Beth Ebel, who's seen the consequences first-hand as director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle and as a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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