February 19, 2013 Have you done this? You're upstairs either putting away laundry or, in my case, watching something besides "Gold Rush" on television and you text your spouse? David hates when I do that but did you know that roughly 45% admit that they use technology to communicate with someone in the next room of their own home.
You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.
And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.
Doctors have been telling us to take at least 10,000 steps a day to stay in shape and prevent health risks, but who has the time? Apparently, the new Striiv pedometer proves that it’s not a question of having time, it’s a question of having the right motivation.
We have all heard that texting and driving is a dangerous combination. We have heard about lab tests but now Texas A&M University's Transportation Institute put the test on the road and showed just how dangerous it can be.
In a clear case of monkey-see-monkey-do, this ape seems desperate to fire off a text message from an iPhone.
Last week, blogger Sean Symons captured horrifying footage of a teen driver who crashed into the side of the road, then hit two oncoming cars, all while he was allegedly texting and driving.
According to his YouTube page, Symons called the police when he spotted the texting teen, then pulled out his camera to catch the teen in the act. The original video was reportedly handed over to the police as evidence, Symons said.
