Texting While Walking

The name of this article says it all. We have come so far as a nation in technology that we now have to worry about the dangers that we face texting while walking. The author of this article states his scenario of walking down a busy street in New York City, and obviously trying to text while navigating these sidewalks would be seemingly impossible. Everyone knows of the dangers of texting while driving, but apparently we now have to worry about any sort of transportation altogether and learn how to master the art of texting without bumping into people and yes, even getting injured. Obviously this fact seems proposterous, but ever since 2006 the number of pedestrians visiting the emergency room because they were injured while texting or using a cell phone has doubled every year (NYTimes.com). How obsessed are we as a country that we now have to worry about getting injured while we text?

Casey Neistat, the author of this article, seems as amazed as I am at the fact. In fact, his ethos appeal is what truly brings out his feelings on the subject. He uses a sort of questioning kind of approach, where he poses his ethical appeal to his readers in the form of questions, as he wonders how and why we are so obsessed with texting that we now must worry about getting injured while walking. He also states statistics in order to show that this texting addiction is a real problem, showing how many injuries actually occur from walking and texting every year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/opinion/texting-while-walking.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss