Is walking and talking on the phone a hazard for kids?
I recently read an article on cellphone for kids, which suggests that, it says the following: A 2009 US study arranged for 77 children aged 10 and 11 to repeatedly cross the street in a virtual-reality environment. They had cellphones during half of the street crossings and carried on conversations with an unfamiliar research assistant. The findings: All the children were distracted by the cellphone conversation, were less attentive to traffic, and experienced more collisions and close calls with oncoming traffic
Is this virtual reality test true in real life, are kids in danger when walking and talking on their phone?
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