Confirmed: Walking while texting slows you down


  • TECH
  • Monday, 10 Aug 2015

Don't text while moving: Texting while walking has been found to be dangerously distracting, with people taking shorter strides and more time to finish an obstacle course in a study conducted by researchers.

Texting while driving is clearly a bad idea, but it may be dangerously distracting while walking, too, a new study suggests. 

Researchers asked 30 people to navigate an obstacle course three times and found they were significantly slower while texting and walking than when completing the route without any distractions. 

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