Nearly a third of pedestrians crossing the street while using a mobile phone, as revealed in a study in the United States. Of the 1,000 people who cross the road in Seattle, about 10% listen to music, 7% send or read messages, and 6% to the call.
The study, published in the journal Injury Prevention says that the user message four times more likely to ignore a red light or look left and right before crossing.
And the users of the text was also slower about two seconds to cross the road consisting of three to four lanes.
While they were listening to music run faster when crossing, but they are less likely to look both ways before crossing the street.
"In the end a change in attitude and behavior of pedestrians with the same effort against drunk drivers be important in reducing the risk of the use of handheld devices" said the report.
Do not be distracted
Kevin Clinton of the social institution that seeks to reduce accidents, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said look properly when walking is just as important as when driving.
"So be careful attention is not distracted, whether it's for a cell phone, listening to music, or talking to other people."
"Using all the senses while on the road is very important and using a cell phone distract course. Highly important to realize full when interacting with traffic," he added.
UK Department of Transportation estimates that an increase in traffic accidents on pedestrians by 5% until June 2011 when compared to the previous year.
Meanwhile, Edmund King, of the company car and motor repair services, AA, said the accident because of not considering the traffic environment can cause death.
"The study confirms that millions of pedestrians, cyclists, and using hand-held equipment may be the wrong thing at the wrong time. Users must know the road is going on around him."
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