Pedestrian deaths in the U.S. reached 30-year high in 2019, with distracted driving, texting and SUVs blamed for the spike, according to a report released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association. The group’s annual report projects 6,590 pedestrians were killed on U.S. roads last year, the most since 1988. The projected number of pedestrian […]
Hawaii Passes Law Targeting ‘Smartphone Zombies’…
A ban on pedestrians looking at mobile phones or texting while crossing the street will take effect in Hawaii’s largest city in late October, as Honolulu becomes the first major U.S. city to pass legislation aimed at reducing injuries and deaths from “distracted walking.” The ban comes as cities around the world grapple with how […]
Now Half of Families Text Each Other in Same House…
Some will find it depressing. Others will recognise an all-too familiar snapshot of tech-obsessed modern life. But nearly half of families with children now text each other when they are in the same house. Just under a third of us (32 per cent) are guilty of tapping out messages on mobiles when we want to […]