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DR. ROCK
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‘Distracted Walking’
Is No Laughing Matter
H
EALTH CARE PROVIDERS are seeing an increase in
“walking while texting” accidents, with terrible injuries undermining the “viral” explosion of tragi-comic
trips, pratfalls, and collisions. “Distracted walking”
is a matter of concern to public health professionals, slowly joining “distracted driving” as a matter of
urgent national attention. ¶ The evidence is indeed
slowly gathering, but a good indication of the severity of the growing problem is the almost constant
“doubling” of the incidents from one year to the
next: This is a geometric progression that amounts
HUFFINGTON
09.29.13