Text Messaging Leads to Injury and Death
Anna Boyd published an interesting article in eFluxMedia covering how text messaging is diverting attention and causing accidents:
It seems that not only talking on the phone while driving is dangerous resulting in more accidents than ever imagined, but also texting while walking seems to have the same risks, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians.
The agency issued a warning to young people about a rise in accidents and even deaths related to sending text messages at inappropriate times such as while driving, biking, walking or rollerblading. It seems that paying too much attention to the phone diminishes the attention required when doing such activities.
“People are texting and they trip and fall on their faces – usually people in their 20s. We see a lot of face, chin, mouth (and) eye injuries from falls,” Dr. James Adams, chair of the department of emergency medicine at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine said.
The article goes on to also make a good point that text messaging adds to the nation’s traffic problems.