Texting in the street—your funeral
Millions of people are putting their lives at risk by texting their friends as they walk along busy streets, reported the Daily Mail.
One in ten
41 users has already been
42 because they are so lost in their phones that they fail to
43 lamp-posts or cars, according to Joanna Lumdsen of Aston University.
To test the danger of texting while
44 , Lumdsen did an experiment in which volunteers followed a
45 path while trying to
46 in a message on the phone.Around them, screens
47 up instructions to avoid stepping on
48 colors on the floor.
She found that people missed one in five
49 because they were so busy with their phones.
“In
50 life this means that one in five lamp-posts or moving cars is
51 to go unnoticed by people
52 and walking,” she said.
Her research is looking for ways cell phone makers could improve the
53 of phones to make texting on the move
54 . That could
55 easier-to-use voice operated phones, or phones that respond to gestures.
“The safest thing is
56 people not to text while they walk along,” she said. “
57 a lot of people in business are 58 to carry a mobile phone and be in
59 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They are under pressure to reply to calls
60 , and to respond to text messages and emails straight away.
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search |
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quality | D．
design |
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duty | C．
contact | D．
freedom |
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