NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » danger http://kool1017.com Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texting And Walking Could Put You In The Emergency Room http://kool1017.com/texting-and-walking-could-put-you-in-the-emergency-room/ http://kool1017.com/texting-and-walking-could-put-you-in-the-emergency-room/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:00:22 +0000 Chris Allen http://kool1017.com/?p=76076 According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 1,200 people were treated in US emergency rooms last year after walking-related mishaps associated with handheld devices.

How many people have you seen walking, looking into their phone, not paying attention to anything around them? Are you one of those people? Turns out this behavior is more dangerous than you think.

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