Cell phone or no cell phone, if you’re crossing the road/highway or street, do not assume the approaching drivers will see you and stop. You can be in the right, but dead right. Pay attention or die. Going under the wheels is not a good way to go.
The problem is, it isn’t just the pedestrians who are the idiots with cell phones.
Drivers aren’t paying attention either when they are driving while texting or dialing.
Or watching a movie on their new in car entertainment center.