(生活)邊走邊傳簡訊 紐澤西開罰

紐澤西警察表示他們將會開始對邊走邊傳簡訊的行人開處85美元的違反交通法規罰單。「這相當令人分心。行人沒有在看路，而他們自己都沒發現，」李堡警察局局長湯姆士里波利如此表示。

里波利表示這個有著三萬五千位居民的自治城鎮在今年已發生三起與行人有關的致命意外事故。他希望這條禁令將會使他的城鎮更安全，但是並非每個人都認同開罰85美元罰單的想法。一位居民認為她並沒有一直低著頭，另一位則是抱怨說罰金太高。

紐約史東尼布魯克大學的兩位教授發起一項關於走路傳簡訊的研究，結果他們發現和沒有傳簡訊的人相較之下，低頭族偏離走道的可能性高出了六成。「我們想要喚起傳簡訊確實會造成混亂的體認。傳簡訊阻斷行為能力的程度遠比說話還嚴重，」該研究的共同作者艾利克藍伯格如此表示。

(Life)New Jersey Town Bans Texting While Walking

New Jersey police said that they will begin issuing $85 jaywalking tickets to pedestrians who are caught texting while walking. Its a big distraction. Pedestrians arent watching where they are going and they are not aware, said Thomas Ripoli, chief of the Fort Lee Police Department.

Ripoli said the borough, home to about 35,000 residents, has suffered three fatal pedestrian-involved accidents this year. He hopes that this ban will make his town safer, but not everyone is on board with the idea of issuing $85 tickets. One resident argued that she doesnt look down all the time, and another complained about the high cost of the tickets.

Two professors at Stony Brook University in New York conducted a study on walking and texting, and they found that texters are 60 percent more likely to veer off line than non-texters. We want to raise awareness that a real disruption occurs because of texting. Texting disrupts your ability much more than does talking, said Eric Lamberg, co-author of the study.

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