Smartphone Zombies Are Alive and Well in Philadelphia
Who knows how long they will survive.
By Larry Mendte
"The head-down zombies are everywhere. You can spot them half a block away. Unaware of the world around them, coming right at you; but for a matador move on your part, the zombie would ram right into you.
The head-down zombies are texting, playing a game, reading an email or even watching a movie. Often they have buds lodged in their ear canals, making them quite senseless, in every possible meaning of the word.
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It turns out distracted walkers are no joke.
There were 1,152 people treated in hospital emergency rooms in the U.S. last year due to injuries related to walking while using a cell phone or some other electronic device, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Since most people either don’t admit or aren’t asked about distracted walking, that number is thought to be much higher.
Over the last six years, 116 people have been killed while wearing headphones. Half of the incidents involved trains. The victims could not hear the train horn blaring. Texting while wearing headphones leaves you virtually deaf and blind. The dumb part is presumed and has nothing to do with speech."
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