From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
Subject: [WSFA] Emergency room visits from distracted walking skyrocket
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:44:24 -0500
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Excerpt:
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.

"He wasn't watching where he was walking and looking more down at the
device," said San Diego Lifeguard Sgt. Bill Bender.

It's a tragic example of a growing problem -- people distracted by their
phones or other devices. One mall security camera captured a woman focused
on her phone walk straight into a fountain.

Another video shows a man talking on his phone walk right off the train
platform.
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<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dangers-distracted-walking-research-national-safety-council/>

         mark