Watch Out: Most Cell-Phone Owners Experience 'Distracted Walking'

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Zoe Fox
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Watch Out: Most Cell-Phone Owners Experience 'Distracted Walking'

You may think you're a pro at texting while walking, but chances are, you've had a couple of slip-ups -- either walking into someone, or being walked into on at least one occasion.

Indeed, more than half of all cell-phone owners are affected by "distracted walking," according to a recent Pew Research study.

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Created by Statista, the following chart breaks down the number of American adults, by age group, who say they've bumped into another person while on the phone, or were bumped into by someone on the phone.

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