what no one has mentioned yet Spike in pedestrian accidents linked to mobile phone distraction. Reports of a rise in the number of pedestrians being killed on Australian roads in 2012 has prompted warnings from police and safety experts for pedestrians to pay attention to their surroundings when using mobile phones and wearing headphones.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported in July that 38 pedestrians had died on NSW roads in the first six months of 2012 compared with 21 deaths over the same period in 2011.

Read on & check out the pic of a man toppling face first on to the tracks after pacing along the edge of the platform while talking on his mobile phone. I don't think he won a Darwin award so maybe he lived to make another attempt at it! Or maybe he learnt his lesson - not!

sandra

and how can a call from someone else be more important than continuing talking to the person the mobile phone owner is with???? If someone was dying, I'd understand but usually the call is just something that can wait.