Walking and Texting Injuries

I recently bought two new pairs of boots. They are beyond hot, except they have these ridiculously slippery leather soles.

This morning, after donning the shoes and running to work (late and hungover) I started dashing off a text on iPhone and in all the excitement, I slipped right down the last three stairs in my building.

Since I like to blog based on experience, I decided to pull up another article I've had on the back burner.

It seems that one in ten British people were injured while texting and walking in 2007. The article got press in all kinds of places, including CNN/Time.My friend the Odder Adder would probably get a kick out of the ridiculous ads that the UK Directory service 118118 used to protect negligent texters.

While I'm sure more than just 1 in 10 Americans have been injured by texting, I've been unable to find any conclusive data. But, dude, walking and texting is probably better than driving and texting. I don't get too political here, but this a pretty scary idea.