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Third of pedestrians at risk of death due to mobile phones
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<blockquote data-quote="william-1" data-source="post: 1009287" data-attributes="member: 193781"><p>A bus I was on the other day nearly killed a pedestrian who walked across the traffic lights that were Red for the pedestrians how the driver missed her I will never know but it shook us up in the bus & the pedestrian was totally oblivious as she was looking at her eye phone with ear plugs in effectively blind & deaf to the surroundings,</p><p></p><p>Seven out of ten young adults aged up to 24 admit using their mobile phones while walking compared to just three in 10 of those aged 55 and over.</p><p></p><p>As a consequence over a quarter of motorists have had to swerve, slam on their brakes or sound their horns to avoid mowing them down.</p><p></p><p>One in 12 motorists admit that they have actually knocked into a distracted pedestrian.</p><p></p><p>The survey by Confused.com comes as the numbers of pedestrians killed has increased by three per cent year on year and last year there were 24,033 reported pedestrian casualties on UK roads. This marks an increase of 721.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/512070/" target="_blank">A third of pedestrians too busy on their phones to look for traffic</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="william-1, post: 1009287, member: 193781"] A bus I was on the other day nearly killed a pedestrian who walked across the traffic lights that were Red for the pedestrians how the driver missed her I will never know but it shook us up in the bus & the pedestrian was totally oblivious as she was looking at her eye phone with ear plugs in effectively blind & deaf to the surroundings, Seven out of ten young adults aged up to 24 admit using their mobile phones while walking compared to just three in 10 of those aged 55 and over. As a consequence over a quarter of motorists have had to swerve, slam on their brakes or sound their horns to avoid mowing them down. One in 12 motorists admit that they have actually knocked into a distracted pedestrian. The survey by Confused.com comes as the numbers of pedestrians killed has increased by three per cent year on year and last year there were 24,033 reported pedestrian casualties on UK roads. This marks an increase of 721. [URL="http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/512070/"]A third of pedestrians too busy on their phones to look for traffic[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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