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  • 25 Oct 09
    western4uk
    Kieran Lamb

    "Pedestrians who talk on a mobile phone are slower, change direction more, have difficulty navigating -- and are less likely to notice obvious distractions like a unicycling clown, a study showed Tuesday.

    Researchers observed 317 pedestrians as they crossed the main square of the campus of Western Washington University using the 375-foot-long (114-meter-long) main diagonal pathway."

    Mobile Telephony Health News IHN Health and Safety The Independent on Sunday