<p>We hope you don't need examples like "the Fountain Lady" and "distracted walker in China" to know that distracted walking, which is using your mobile device while walking can be dangerous. If you need examples, however, there is a study (not an app) for you.</p><p>The study was published on Wednesday in the online edition of the journal "Injury Prevention." It analyzed the behavior of pedestrians at what the study called "20 high-risk intersections" during random time periods throughout the year.</p><p>The study covered 1,102 pedestrians. Of those, about one-third were engaged in some activity which caused distracted walking. 11.2 percent of distracted walkers were listening to music, while 7.3 percent were text messaging, and 6.0 percent were -- gasp -- talking, rather than texting.</p><p>Of those activities, researchers, led by Beth Ebel at the University of Washington, said that texting affected crossing the street the most. Texting pedestrians took 1.87 seconds longer to cross the average intersection than undistracted walkers.</p><p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/study-shows-text-messaging-the-most-distracting-form-of-distracted-walking">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/walking-while-texting-is-on-the-rise-could-lead-to-more-accidents-15-12-2012/">Walking while texting is on the rise, could lead to more accidents</a> (Geeky gadgets)</p><p><a href="http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/12/15869982-texting-pedestrians-asking-for-trouble-study-finds">Texting pedestrians asking for trouble, study finds - Vitals</a> (NBCNews.com (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-12/texting-while-walking-linked-to-riskiest-behavior-study-shows.html">Texting While Walking Linked to Riskiest Behavior, Study Shows</a> (Bloomberg)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d7mOIxiBV8IG28Mg2fOSl8Pw3rR2M&ned=us">194 additional articles.</a></p>