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Textwalkers: Do They Need A Heads-Up?
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"I live on the edge," says Alison Block, 29, of the District. "I can type without looking at the screen."
"If you can, you must," says Nicole Fulgham, 39, of the District, who insists she was only reading while walking, and besides, she needs access to the information because she is running late for a meeting. "All of a sudden you get pieces of information and you can't live without it." Then she starts looking around and says, "Wait, is there a hidden camera?"
Many who walk while texting also cop to driving while texting but they always claim mitigating circumstances.
"My husband is the only one I text while driving," says Johnneca McKinney, 28, of the District. "He can get his point across, and I can read it and think about it."
Almost everyone who walks while texting totally denies ever walking into a tree, or another person, much less traffic.
"Talent," says Kim Rosenberg, 31, of Rockville, regarding how she manages to dodge death with every BlackBerry step.
"I can understand, but I think you're generally conscious of what's going on around you, even if you don't see whether the lights are red or green," says Jacob Enriquez, 29, of Springfield. The electronic gizmo in his hand turns out not to be a BlackBerry but an electronic Bible. Sadly, he reports, "I've never gotten an inspiration while walking."
Strategies exist for dodging the Grim Reaper. The perfect angle is to hold the screen just forward of one's nose, so as to readily peer over it like reading glasses, says Julia Regner, 26, of Clarendon. Oh yes, she's given this some thought. "Of course I'm anxious. Who isn't?" she says.
A 39-year-old Manassas man in the shipping business named Mark is too embarrassed to give his last name after acknowledging that he did once almost take out a Washington Post sidewalk box with a BlackBerry Bump.
Ah, but it's Nora Castellano, 28, of Arlington who finally comes clean. "Yes, I can see that," when apprised of the horrors of textwalking.
Pause.
"I've almost bumped into people."
