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Report: Pedestrian Deaths Spike in 2016 Because People are Distracted by Their Smartphones
MRC TV ^ | March 30, 2017 | Monica Sanchez

Posted on 03/30/2017 7:38:57 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Pedestrian deaths saw a significant spike in 2016, reaching a staggering total of 5,997, the highest total ever recorded since the U.S. began tracking the measure more than two decades ago.

The reason? People are distracted more than ever by texting and using their smartphones.

According to preliminary state data gathered for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), pedestrian fatalities surged 11 percent from 2015 to 2016, continuing an upward trend.

Pedestrian fatalities surged 10 percent from 2014 to 2015.

According to the Associated Press,

(Excerpt) Read more at mrctv.org ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: darwinawards; deaths; distractions; pedestrians; smartphones
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To: metmom

Exactly my point, it’s why pedestrians even close to roadways best pay attention.


21 posted on 03/30/2017 11:58:24 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: metmom

Here's what I'm talking about. That would have been a fatality.

22 posted on 03/31/2017 12:00:49 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: metmom

Just pretend no one sees you regardless if your driving or waking. It’s a good policy.


23 posted on 03/31/2017 12:04:55 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

I don’t assume anything about anybody when driving, especially that they see me or are not rude and obnoxious enough to bully their way where ever they are going.

Sometimes I cannot get over the breath-taking arrogance of some of the other drivers with the way they speed and weave in and out of traffic and cut people off.

I now have a dash cam.

Two of my kids have needed them and now have them and I figured it was wise as well.


24 posted on 03/31/2017 12:11:08 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Yep, the cams work great.


25 posted on 03/31/2017 12:16:04 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Here's what I'm talking about. That would have been a fatality.

Nothing new.

The people in this video are all dead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jy_ifgU-io

26 posted on 03/31/2017 12:27:32 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s an epidemic...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/woman-looking-at-her-phone-falls-into-mall-fountain-pool/vp-AAm3vuT


27 posted on 03/31/2017 3:39:19 AM PDT by usual suspect
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To: cynwoody

Ah...I could post videos of dead people all day. But I was making a point, depicting a pedestrian nearly walking into the path of a vehicle, simply because the pedestrian was NOT PAYING ATTENTION....lol


28 posted on 03/31/2017 9:16:05 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Darwin


29 posted on 03/31/2017 9:23:30 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Um, and the Jihadis? One guy killed 84 in Nice, France alone....


30 posted on 03/31/2017 10:23:27 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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