Texting and Walking Change Gait

People walk slower while texting on their mobile phones to try to avoid accidents, according to new British research. And they often make large, exaggerated movements to negotiate crowds and compensate for their diminished vision. One of the researchers, Dr Conrad Earnest, had the idea for the study after becoming irritated at the "drunken weaving" of pedestrians on their mobile phones in Bath city centre.

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