Distracted walkers are everywhere these days. Take a stroll along any busy street and you’ll see them, checking their phones, sending texts, making a call, and listening to music. Sometimes all at ...

This article was updated July 28 to reflect the latest news on the distracted walking law in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first time I wrote about distracted walking, all I could think about were the flood ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- You may bump into people, but there is little concrete evidence that texting while walking contributes significantly to pedestrian deaths and injuries, city officials said. The ...

Walking is getting dangerous, especially for people looking at their phones. It’s getting so bad, that the state Department of Health has issued an official warning asking kids to tune out their ...

Research analyzing actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets concludes that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users. The study found ...

Of all the senseless ways to end up in the emergency room, getting injured because you're walking while using your cell phone has to be up near the top. Yet at least 1,500 Americans told that ...

The stories sound like jokes with the same punch line: Why did the man almost walk into a bear? Why did the woman tumble into a fountain? Why did the tourist fall off a pier? Because they were so ...

We all need to do better, because most of us are guilty of paying more attention to our phones than surroundings. Next month, Accident Analysis & Prevention will publish a study revealing that 1,500 ...

Pedestrians cross a Seattle intersection. A ban on crossing the street while staring at your smartphone or other electronic device goes into effect in Honolulu in October. Mike Siegel The Seattle ...

MONTCLAIR, Calif. (KABC) -- Reading this on your phone? Don't cross the street in Montclair. As of Jan. 3, it is against the law to cross the street in the city of Montclair while talking on the phone ...