Whether your town has outlawed distracted walking or not, it’s important to protect yourself. If you’re walking and your phone buzzes, don’t look until you reach your destination. Is a text …

Jan 22, 2014 · What if texting while walking is actually a risk, a danger to be stamped out like texting while driving? A group of Australian scientists from the University of Queensland …

Would You Ban Texting and Walking? Should texting while walking be against the law? The debate explains how one city passed a law against crossing the street while looking at a …

Expert organizations from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons to the Governors Highway Safety Association have expressed concern about distracted walking, with texting …

distracted walking becomes illegal in your town, it’s still important to protect yourself. So here is a bit of advice: The next time you’re walking down the street and your phone buzzes, resist the …

Protect yourself from a texting while walking injury by following these pedestrian safety tips: Stay off your phone. Ask yourself if it can wait. Chances are, it can. Stop walking. If you urgently …

Nov 13, 2019 · The behavior has spawned debates among lawmakers about whether walking and texting should be illegal. Some cities, such as Honolulu and Rexburg, Idaho, have gone …

Sep 3, 2019 · The report comes as state legislators in New York and New Jersey are reviving efforts to ban texting-while-walking and make crosswalk texting punishable by fine.

When someone is walking in a distracted manner, it can lead to personal consequences through injury, trauma and loss. This person can cause an accident without even realizing it because …

Texting while walking is dangerous. But should it be against the law? Learning Objective: to identify and evaluate key points on both sides of a debate; to write an argument essay. This …