Study: Texting & Walking is Dangerous
Автор: NBC 15
Загружено: 2014-08-27
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It may seem harmless, but a new study shows walking and texting can be a deadly distraction.
Safe Kids Worldwide conducted its first study on how teenagers cross the road. It followed over 30,000 kids ages 16 and under, and discovered teenagers are more at risk than any other demographic of being hit by cars while distracted.
According to Safe Kids, teenagers ages 15-19 account for half of all pedestrian deaths under 19.
"We talk to so many young kids about safety, look left right left, but as kids get older we worry about other things and we don't really talk to them about walking to and from school. And those are the kids that do walk to and from school," said Sally Kreuscher, Child Advocacy Program Manager.
"I always think that I'm never going to get hit, I'm not going to hit somebody, nothing's going to happen to me. It could," said high school senior Mackenzie Fraley.
The study also found teens were just as distracted by wearing headphones as they were by texting.
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