Texting and Walking: 65% of You Do it

By now you’ve probably seen the videos of the woman falling into a mall fountain or the guy who comes dangerously close to a bear while walking and texting. You might even have heard about the New Jersey town that will issue $85 fines to people caught with fingers flying as their feet are moving.
So it should come as no surprise that a recent survey by textPlus, a free texting and calling app for Android, iOS and Windows, found 65% of those polled admitted to texting while walking.
Turns out, though, that stat changes with age. Only half of the 35 to 44 year olds say they text and walk while 73% of 13-17 year olds admit to doing so. Why do people do this? Because they feel their texts are too important to wait. And as you’d expect, the younger the age, the more important the text.
Which begs the question, is your text so important you’d risk your safety? Sixty-three percent of those textPlus polled said texting while walking might be safe, depending on where you are. Perhaps they haven’t seen those padded posts on the streets of London that were put up to protect distracted texters.
What about you, do you text while you walk?  Do you think people should be fined for it? See the results of our recent Mashable poll and let us know what you think.

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