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Walking + Distracting Gadgets Don't Mix

With increasingly more gadgets and devices to keep people preoccupied, drivers also need to beware of those who are not in their cars: the distracted pedestrians.

In two studies done by Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., researchers watched a popular area of campus for "inattention blindness"- a person who sees what is in front of them but does not mentally register it. They studied 347 passer-bys noting whether they were talking on the phone, texting, listening to music, etc. And to determine their level of "distraction," researchers set up an unusual sight-a clown on a unicycle.

Not surprisingly, only 25 percent of cell phone users remembered seeing the clown. They were also more likely to have slower reactions and change directions. This shows how distracted pedestrians increase their chances of drifting off sidewalks, as well as, not seeing an oncoming car, person, bicycle or object.

According to one New York Times article , a little over 1,000 pedestrians went to the emergency room in 2008 because they were in an accident while using their cell phone. One woman said she was so "lost in conversation," she ran into a parked truck.

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