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Texting in the street－your funeral
Millions of people are putting their lives at risk by texting their friends as they walk along busy streets, reported the Daily Mail．
One in ten 1 users has already been 2 because they are so lost in their phones that they fail to 3 lamp-posts or cars, according to Joanna Lumdsen of Aston University．
To test the danger of texting while 4 , Lumdsen did an experiment in which volunteers followed a 5 path while trying to 6 in a message on the phone．
Around them, screens 7 up instructions to avoid stepping on 8 colors on the floor．
She found that people missed one in five 9 because they were so busy with their phones．
“In 10 life this means that one in five lamp-posts or moving cars is 11 to go unnoticed by people 12 and walking, ” she said．
Her research is looking for ways cell phone makers could improve the 13 of phones to make texting on the move 14 ．That could 15 easier-to-use voice operated phones, or phones that respond to gestures．
“The safest thing is 16 people not to text while they walk along,” she said．“ 17 a lot of people in business are 18 to carry a mobile phone and be in 19 24 hours a day, seven days a week．They are under pressure to reply to calls 20 , and to respond to text messages and emails straight away．
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