Mobile Use On-The-Go Riskier Than Ever
October 26, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Thanks to a train engineer who was apparently too busy to pay attention, the focus has returned on the dangers of texting or emailing during certain activities. You’ve got the classic driving while texting, which has led to my own share of personall harrowing close calls, to a train accident that killed 25 people.
Continue to see some figures from a survey commissioned by Neverfail, a software company based in Texas.
- 77% have [emailed or texted] while driving a moving car
- 41% have done mobile e-mail while skiing, riding a horse, or biking!
- 11% did the same during a “romantic moment”
- 79% were bathroom users
The last one is totally reasonable; you probably have nothing better while sitting in the bathroom anyway. And despite the danger, you also probably have nothing better to do while trying to weave through traffic or following the lane markings on an empty highway.
But romantic moments? Skiing?! In any case, all this added data is getting people nervous, to the point that at least one lawmaker is proposing that pedestrians crossing the street while listening to their iPods be fined.
(image is screenshot of cnn.com)
I can’t believe skiing is even up there. Driving is dangerous enough but I think text messaging while skiing might be even more dangerous to one’s personal safety.