Of all the senseless ways to end up in the emergency room, getting injured because you're walking while using your cell phone has to be up near the top. Yet at least 1,500 Americans told that ...

This article was updated July 28 to reflect the latest news on the distracted walking law in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first time I wrote about distracted walking, all I could think about were the flood ...

We've all seen it. Many of us have done it. We treat dog walks as a chance to accomplish two (or three) things at once, leading our pooches around the neighborhood while gazing at our phones, chatting ...

We've all grumbled about the growing ranks of phone-gazing zombies, drifting along the sidewalk or holding up the checkout line. Texting while walking, distracted walking, the smartphone sidewalk ...

Cell phone distraction turned deadly for a 33 year old Indiana man, but he wasn't driving. He was on foot, looking at an electronic device believed to be a phone or a camera when he plunged off a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first ...

(NEW YORK) — We’ve all been warned about the dangers of distracted driving. But what about distracted walking? A government report released Monday highlights an unsettling trend: After decades of ...

Distracted walkers are everywhere these days. Take a stroll along any busy street and you’ll see them, checking their phones, sending texts, making a call, and listening to music. Sometimes all at ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- You may bump into people, but there is little concrete evidence that texting while walking contributes significantly to pedestrian deaths and injuries, city officials said. The ...

Fortunately there were no trains approaching the Philadelphia-area station at that moment, because it took the man several minutes to recover enough to climb out of danger. But the incident, captured ...

A Florida woman was killed and her brother was injured when a distracted driver drove onto the sidewalk as they walked their dog. It happened around 12:40 p.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of East ...