| Apparently, the first "Text Messaging" pedestrian | | | | that not everyone can walk and chew gum at the |
| death was noted in a police report recently, but most | | | | same time. |
| cell phone and text messaging industry analysts do | | | | In California it is now against the law to drive and talk |
| not believe it was the first. Rather, they believe it | | | | on the cell phone, and it is also against the law to |
| was the first one to be documented. You see, not | | | | text message while operating a motor vehicle. Still, |
| everyone who is run over by a car is important | | | | when a young gal was text messaging recently and |
| enough for the police to investigate to see if they | | | | walked into traffic apparently oblivious to the |
| had been sending a text message at the time they | | | | approaching car, it was yet another reminder that cell |
| were plowed into or mowed over. | | | | phone pedestrian accidents are almost as likely as car |
| Indeed, we all recall the recent commuter train | | | | or train accidents. |
| accident where the conductor had ran a red-light, | | | | Now with the new Google Phone, with more |
| which was supposed to let a freight train through, | | | | features, thus, more distractions; will we see more |
| and over 10-people died all because the conductor | | | | pedestrian accidents? I mean if someone trips on a |
| was text messaging and apparently did not see the | | | | banana peel we can all laugh, but when they get hit |
| red-light or was so distracted that he ran right | | | | by a delivery truck, no one is laughing then. Please |
| through it. The rest was a mangled mess of flesh | | | | consider this serious issue when using your cell phone. |
| and steel. Tragic indeed, but it just goes to show | | | | |