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Monday, February 2, 2009
The American College of Emergency Physicians warns that being distracted by text messaging at inappropriate times -- such as when crossing streets -- can result in serious injury or death.
Teens and young adults, in particular, "are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries, because they were not paying attention while texting," ACEP President Dr. Linda Lawrence said in a news release.
"People are texting, and they trip and fall on their faces -- usually people in their 20s. We see a lot of face, chin, mouth (and) eye injuries from falls," said Dr. James Adams, professor and chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
More serious injuries occur when people who are busy texting collide with cyclists, rollerbladers and others.
"Some (people) are actually on (Chicago's busy) lakefront path texting while walking or exercising. We see people rollerblading or biking while texting. They are usually very skilled but sometimes crash and fall when they are not watching where they are going," Adams said.
Dr. Matthew Lewin, an emergency physician at University of California, San Francisco Hospital, offered an example of how texting can be deadly.
"In March, (we) were driving and saw a woman in her 20s step off the curb and get struck square by a pickup truck. She was unconscious, and it appeared she'd suffered a massive brain injury," Lewin said. "You could tell she saw the truck at the last moment, because her cell phone was dropped right where she was struck just off the curb, and she was thrown about 20 or 30 feet. It was horrifying."
The woman was still alive after being struck but died after she reached the hospital.
The ACEP offers the following safety tips:
Don't text or use a cell phone while doing physical activities that require sustained attention.
Never text or use a hand-held phone while operating a car or motorcycle, and use caution when using headsets.
Keep cell phones and other electronic devices in easy-to-find locations, such as phone pockets or pouches. This will prevent you from becoming distracted by having to rummage through purses, backpacks or clothing trying to find the devices.
Ignore calls or messages on your cell phone that arrive when you need to concentrate on demanding tasks such as driving. Better yet, turn devices off beforehand.
Don't text in any situations where excessive inattention may compromise safety, such as while sitting alone at night, waiting for a bus, or in a crowded area where there's an increased risk of theft.
Teens and young adults, in particular, "are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries, because they were not paying attention while texting," ACEP President Dr. Linda Lawrence said in a news release.
"People are texting, and they trip and fall on their faces -- usually people in their 20s. We see a lot of face, chin, mouth (and) eye injuries from falls," said Dr. James Adams, professor and chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
More serious injuries occur when people who are busy texting collide with cyclists, rollerbladers and others.
"Some (people) are actually on (Chicago's busy) lakefront path texting while walking or exercising. We see people rollerblading or biking while texting. They are usually very skilled but sometimes crash and fall when they are not watching where they are going," Adams said.
Dr. Matthew Lewin, an emergency physician at University of California, San Francisco Hospital, offered an example of how texting can be deadly.
"In March, (we) were driving and saw a woman in her 20s step off the curb and get struck square by a pickup truck. She was unconscious, and it appeared she'd suffered a massive brain injury," Lewin said. "You could tell she saw the truck at the last moment, because her cell phone was dropped right where she was struck just off the curb, and she was thrown about 20 or 30 feet. It was horrifying."
The woman was still alive after being struck but died after she reached the hospital.
The ACEP offers the following safety tips:
Don't text or use a cell phone while doing physical activities that require sustained attention.
Never text or use a hand-held phone while operating a car or motorcycle, and use caution when using headsets.
Keep cell phones and other electronic devices in easy-to-find locations, such as phone pockets or pouches. This will prevent you from becoming distracted by having to rummage through purses, backpacks or clothing trying to find the devices.
Ignore calls or messages on your cell phone that arrive when you need to concentrate on demanding tasks such as driving. Better yet, turn devices off beforehand.
Don't text in any situations where excessive inattention may compromise safety, such as while sitting alone at night, waiting for a bus, or in a crowded area where there's an increased risk of theft.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Please pay attention when you text message, it may save your life
The American College of Emergency Physicians warns that being distracted by text messaging at inappropriate times -- such as when crossing streets -- can result in serious injury or death.
Teens and young adults, in particular, "are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries, because they were not paying attention while texting," ACEP President Dr. Linda Lawrence said in a news release.
"People are texting, and they trip and fall on their faces -- usually people in their 20s. We see a lot of face, chin, mouth (and) eye injuries from falls," said Dr. James Adams, professor and chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
More serious injuries occur when people who are busy texting collide with cyclists, rollerbladers and others.
"Some (people) are actually on (Chicago's busy) lakefront path texting while walking or exercising. We see people rollerblading or biking while texting. They are usually very skilled but sometimes crash and fall when they are not watching where they are going," Adams said.
Dr. Matthew Lewin, an emergency physician at University of California, San Francisco Hospital, offered an example of how texting can be deadly.
"In March, (we) were driving and saw a woman in her 20s step off the curb and get struck square by a pickup truck. She was unconscious, and it appeared she'd suffered a massive brain injury," Lewin said. "You could tell she saw the truck at the last moment, because her cell phone was dropped right where she was struck just off the curb, and she was thrown about 20 or 30 feet. It was horrifying."
The woman was still alive after being struck but died after she reached the hospital.
The ACEP offers the following safety tips:
Don't text or use a cell phone while doing physical activities that require sustained attention.
Never text or use a hand-held phone while operating a car or motorcycle, and use caution when using headsets.
Keep cell phones and other electronic devices in easy-to-find locations, such as phone pockets or pouches. This will prevent you from becoming distracted by having to rummage through purses, backpacks or clothing trying to find the devices.
Ignore calls or messages that arrive when you need to concentrate on demanding tasks such as driving. Better yet, turn devices off beforehand.
Don't text in any situations where excessive inattention may compromise safety, such as while sitting alone at night, waiting for a bus, or in a crowded area where there's an increased risk of theft.
full article here
Teens and young adults, in particular, "are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries, because they were not paying attention while texting," ACEP President Dr. Linda Lawrence said in a news release.
"People are texting, and they trip and fall on their faces -- usually people in their 20s. We see a lot of face, chin, mouth (and) eye injuries from falls," said Dr. James Adams, professor and chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
More serious injuries occur when people who are busy texting collide with cyclists, rollerbladers and others.
"Some (people) are actually on (Chicago's busy) lakefront path texting while walking or exercising. We see people rollerblading or biking while texting. They are usually very skilled but sometimes crash and fall when they are not watching where they are going," Adams said.
Dr. Matthew Lewin, an emergency physician at University of California, San Francisco Hospital, offered an example of how texting can be deadly.
"In March, (we) were driving and saw a woman in her 20s step off the curb and get struck square by a pickup truck. She was unconscious, and it appeared she'd suffered a massive brain injury," Lewin said. "You could tell she saw the truck at the last moment, because her cell phone was dropped right where she was struck just off the curb, and she was thrown about 20 or 30 feet. It was horrifying."
The woman was still alive after being struck but died after she reached the hospital.
The ACEP offers the following safety tips:
Don't text or use a cell phone while doing physical activities that require sustained attention.
Never text or use a hand-held phone while operating a car or motorcycle, and use caution when using headsets.
Keep cell phones and other electronic devices in easy-to-find locations, such as phone pockets or pouches. This will prevent you from becoming distracted by having to rummage through purses, backpacks or clothing trying to find the devices.
Ignore calls or messages that arrive when you need to concentrate on demanding tasks such as driving. Better yet, turn devices off beforehand.
Don't text in any situations where excessive inattention may compromise safety, such as while sitting alone at night, waiting for a bus, or in a crowded area where there's an increased risk of theft.
full article here
Friday, August 29, 2008
Blackberry "red card" issued at this company for rudeness
In Canada, the home of the Blackberry and its maker Research In Motion, there is a company that now is issuing Yellow Card for first time blackberry rudeness and a Red Card for second offense, according to blackberrycool.com. Like in soccer this card system is used to control the inappropriate usage of blackberries. If this practice should spread there will be many a "yellow card" issued where I work. However, it will be interesting to see how the social norms change and if it will be considered acceptable to use a smart phone in meetings in the future or if there will be a backlash and the smart phone usage will be curbed. If I were to predict I would vote that it will become more accepted, primarily due to the increased expectation of returning email and texts almost realtime. Without bringing a smartphone into meetings, I am sure many employees could simply never catch up.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Ten commandments of cell phone etiquette
1. Thou shalt not dial while driving
2. Thou shalt not wear thy earpiece when thou art not on thy phone
3. Thou shalt not speak louder on thy cell phone than thou would on any other phone
4. Thou shalt not grow too attached to thy cell phone
5. Thou shalt not slam thy cell phone down on a restaurant table just in case it rings
6. Thou shalt not make the cell phone more important than the company thou art keeping
7.Thou shalt not leave the cell phone ringing just to show off the "cool" ringtones or refrain from answering for that same reason
8.Thou shalt turn off thy cell phone at funerals, weddings, yoga class, and anywhere it would be unacceptable to bring a screaming child
9.Thou shalt not have a message intro lasting more than 15 seconds
10.Thou shalt never answer your phone while you're in the bathroom.
These commendments are brought you by : www.textually.org
2. Thou shalt not wear thy earpiece when thou art not on thy phone
3. Thou shalt not speak louder on thy cell phone than thou would on any other phone
4. Thou shalt not grow too attached to thy cell phone
5. Thou shalt not slam thy cell phone down on a restaurant table just in case it rings
6. Thou shalt not make the cell phone more important than the company thou art keeping
7.Thou shalt not leave the cell phone ringing just to show off the "cool" ringtones or refrain from answering for that same reason
8.Thou shalt turn off thy cell phone at funerals, weddings, yoga class, and anywhere it would be unacceptable to bring a screaming child
9.Thou shalt not have a message intro lasting more than 15 seconds
10.Thou shalt never answer your phone while you're in the bathroom.
These commendments are brought you by : www.textually.org
Fun video about rude cell phone behavior
Found this little gem of a guy using a cell phone like a jackass at stupidvideos.com
10 tips on cell phone manners
Here is a great batch of tips on cell phone etiquette from www.30secondwords.com
Today, I was at Clarendon’s Barnes and Noble in Arlington, Virginia perusing Seth Godin’s Purple Cow: Transforming your Business By Being Remarkable. There were fellow bookstore patrons also enjoying the quiet environs, when a guy sits down two seats from us and makes a phone call to his boss about spilling paint on the stage floor. I did not have an issue with his phone call, but I did have an issue with his volume. It was as if he sought out a quiet place to be loud. When I asked him to turn the volume down, he flicked me off.
If this has ever happened to you, please consider the following tips:
1. You are not alone. Enlist the aid of the people around you.
2. Be confrontational and repeat your request to keep the volume down. Applaud people who initialize a confrontation.
3. Stand next to him, uncomfortably close, and talk to him as loud as he is talking to the person on the other end.
3. Take a few seconds to get the context of the phone call. No need to interrupt a family emergency, but I used the knowledge of his spill, and that he was talking to his boss, against him. For example, my rant went something like this: “Perhaps if you weren’t such a jackass with the paint, you wouldn’t have to apologize to your boss… why are you on the phone in a bookstore rather than cleaning up your mess on the stage?”
4. Talk to the person on the other end of the line. Considering it was his boss, I stated “I don’t know why you would hire someone so rude.”
5. If you have a camera-phone and overtly take a picture of the offender.
6. Set-up a website called “RudeCellPhoneUsers.com” and post picture of the offender.
7. If you want to be a part of a movement, seek out rude cell-phone users and confront them as well.
8. Suggest that Barnes & Noble post “No Cell Phone Zones” signs with suggestions where people can use thier phones. Similarly, take the book you were reading to the cashier and tell them you are going to order from Amazon because you could not concentrate with all the noise. If enough people do this, at least you cost Barnes and Noble the it takes to reshelve the books.
9. Do not move from you location. Make them move. Suggest a place called “Outside.”
10. When the call is complete, let them know that they were being rude.
11. BONUS TIP: Take the moral high-ground, always be polite. I should not have called him a jackass (even if he was one).
Remember, you are not alone in feeling annoyed when people invade your personal space. If they invade yours, you are well within your right to invade theirs and even “contribute” to the conversation they are broadcasting. So, take this as a call to action against rude cellphone users to let both individuals and corporations know your distaste with this practice.
Today, I was at Clarendon’s Barnes and Noble in Arlington, Virginia perusing Seth Godin’s Purple Cow: Transforming your Business By Being Remarkable. There were fellow bookstore patrons also enjoying the quiet environs, when a guy sits down two seats from us and makes a phone call to his boss about spilling paint on the stage floor. I did not have an issue with his phone call, but I did have an issue with his volume. It was as if he sought out a quiet place to be loud. When I asked him to turn the volume down, he flicked me off.
If this has ever happened to you, please consider the following tips:
1. You are not alone. Enlist the aid of the people around you.
2. Be confrontational and repeat your request to keep the volume down. Applaud people who initialize a confrontation.
3. Stand next to him, uncomfortably close, and talk to him as loud as he is talking to the person on the other end.
3. Take a few seconds to get the context of the phone call. No need to interrupt a family emergency, but I used the knowledge of his spill, and that he was talking to his boss, against him. For example, my rant went something like this: “Perhaps if you weren’t such a jackass with the paint, you wouldn’t have to apologize to your boss… why are you on the phone in a bookstore rather than cleaning up your mess on the stage?”
4. Talk to the person on the other end of the line. Considering it was his boss, I stated “I don’t know why you would hire someone so rude.”
5. If you have a camera-phone and overtly take a picture of the offender.
6. Set-up a website called “RudeCellPhoneUsers.com” and post picture of the offender.
7. If you want to be a part of a movement, seek out rude cell-phone users and confront them as well.
8. Suggest that Barnes & Noble post “No Cell Phone Zones” signs with suggestions where people can use thier phones. Similarly, take the book you were reading to the cashier and tell them you are going to order from Amazon because you could not concentrate with all the noise. If enough people do this, at least you cost Barnes and Noble the it takes to reshelve the books.
9. Do not move from you location. Make them move. Suggest a place called “Outside.”
10. When the call is complete, let them know that they were being rude.
11. BONUS TIP: Take the moral high-ground, always be polite. I should not have called him a jackass (even if he was one).
Remember, you are not alone in feeling annoyed when people invade your personal space. If they invade yours, you are well within your right to invade theirs and even “contribute” to the conversation they are broadcasting. So, take this as a call to action against rude cellphone users to let both individuals and corporations know your distaste with this practice.
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