Community Corner
Texting While Walking: Natural Selection at Work?
People texting and walking into fountains. Falling down open manholes. Bumping into buses. Why can't we take our eyes off those little screens?
We're seeing this more and more around Fair Oaks and probably everywhere. In this clip, the Associated Press investigates our apparently growing commitment to hand-held technology — and the consequences.
Have you had a close call with a texting pedestrian in Fair Oaks? Have you seen one of them hurt themselves while not paying attention? Or are you — gasp — one of them? Leave a comment below.
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