Distracted Walking- What to do about Protecting Pedestrians from Injury
AP piece making it's way around the news outlets:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120730/BUSINESS06/120730002/Distr...
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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on -
Problem solved:
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Permalink Reply by JeffB (7+ miles) on -
From the article:
"The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ... has received reports from bus drivers and train engineers who say they nearly hit pedestrians who didn't appear to hear them sound their horns because they were distracted by their electronic devices..."I can add my report from Friday night on the Irving Park bus. The driver had to hit the brakes hard when a woman on a phone, crossing against the light and out of the crosswalk, strolled directly into our path as we pulled up to a bus stop. She seemed completely unfazed and unaware even after the driver screeched to a stop and laid on the horn.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) on -
Run them over. That will teach them to think twice before crossing the street while texting. </sarcasm>
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on -
From witness statements, it sounded like that may have been the cause of a pedestrian fatality on 95th St. earlier this year when a young woman with earbuds on was hit and killed by a Metra train.
JeffB said:From the article:
"The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ... has received reports from bus drivers and train engineers who say they nearly hit pedestrians who didn't appear to hear them sound their horns because they were distracted by their electronic devices..."I can add my report from Friday night on the Irving Park bus. The driver had to hit the brakes hard when a woman on a phone, crossing against the light and out of the crosswalk, strolled directly into our path as we pulled up to a bus stop. She seemed completely unfazed and unaware even after the driver screeched to a stop and laid on the horn.
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Permalink Reply by Chris B on -
I guess the only way would be to have some functions turn off if the accelerometer detects movement. Though people would have to be able to turn it off when they are passengers in cars or trains, rendering it useless.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on -
Given how many people I see wandering around distracted, be it walking, cycling or driving, I'm sort of amazed there are MORE accidents.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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Perhaps the number of us on heightened alert is helping to balance out the number who are walking, cycling or driving while distraction-impaired.
I've been thinking the same thing lately, because I've seen a huge increase in this problem in the last year or so, mostly related to smart phones - which are rendering people not so smart.
Liz said:Given how many people I see wandering around distracted, be it walking, cycling or driving, I'm sort of amazed there are MORE accidents.
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