Cell Phone Pedestrian Accidents on the Rise

Apparently, the first “Text Messaging” pedestrian death was noted in a police report recently, but most cell phone and text messaging industry analysts do not believe it was the first. Rather, they believe it was the first one to be documented. You see, not everyone who is run over by a car is important enough for the police to investigate to see if they had been sending a text message at the time they were plowed into or mowed over.

Indeed, we all recall the recent commuter train accident where the conductor had ran a red-light, which was supposed to let a freight train through, and over 10-people died all because the conductor was text messaging and apparently did not see the red-light or was so distracted that he ran right through it. The rest was a mangled mess of flesh and steel. Tragic indeed, but it just goes to show that not everyone can walk and chew gum at the same time.

In California it is now against the law to drive and talk on the cell phone, and it is also against the law to text message while operating a motor vehicle. Still, when a young gal was text messaging recently and walked into traffic apparently oblivious to the approaching car, it was yet another reminder that cell phone pedestrian accidents are almost as likely as car or train accidents.

Now with the new Google Phone, with more features, thus, more distractions; will we see more pedestrian accidents? I mean if someone trips on a banana peel we can all laugh, but when they get hit by a delivery truck, no one is laughing then. Please consider this serious issue when using your cell phone.