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Poll: Do you walk and look at your phone at the same time?

Give it to us straight. Be honest.

YOU’VE PROBABLY NOTICED that the growth in smartphones has led to an increase in people walking and looking at their screen at the same time.

A Dublin TD said this week that this “distracted walking” means people aren’t paying proper attention to what they’re doing, and could lead to accidents.

Do you walk and look at your phone at the same time?

Poll Results:

Sometimes, but I try to avoid it (3590)

No, never (2177)

Yes (2106)

Yes
Sometimes, but I try to avoid it
No, never

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