As stupid does… sigh…

From a JHU/APL study

WASHINGTON — Texting while walking accounts for more injuries per mile than distracted driving, according to a professor of emergency medicine who says he’s treating a skyrocketing number of pedestrian injury cases.

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The number of pedestrian injuries has jumped dramatically in the past 10 years, coinciding with the proliferation of cellphones, says Jehle.

An Ohio State University study found the number of pedestrian injuries involving cellphones tripled between 2004 and 2010, while the total number of pedestrian injuries dropped.

Jehle says the numbers likely understate the problem, as patients tend to underreport information about behaviors they find embarassing.

Historically, pedestrian injuries affected the very young, the very old, and the very inebriated, but that has changed, according to the OSU study

Now, those under 30 – chiefly 16-to 25-year-olds – are the most at risk for cellphone-related injuries while walking.

Read the whole Article HERE at WTOP.com

On the way to an offsite I did watch a guy walk right out into traffic while texting… He ‘almost’ ended up DRT, as traffic was probably doing 40mph. Luckily he stepped out in a gap between cars…

Thankfully I was in the other lane, because I’d have nailed him; there was NO way I could have stopped in time.