Don't Text and Walk, Skate or Cook

Could texting be a form of natural selection? Seriously, if you are stupid enough to be texting while you are doing anything that could potentially cripple, maim or kill you…maybe you shouldn’t be doing it. This is one of those articles you can forward to that annoying friend that is always texting while driving.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has no national estimate on how common texting-related injuries are. But among the reports it has received: A 15-year-old girl fell off her horse while texting, suffering head and back injuries, and a 13-year-old girl suffered belly, leg and arm burns after texting her boyfriend while cooking noodles.

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