Part of being a gadget owner is being responsible. You should know your cellphone etiquette, like not talking while driving wihtout a handsfree kit, remembering to mute the ringer in a theater, and keeping your voice low when in public.
These Dear, Abby hints can keep you from personal injury at the hands of the pissed off rest of the planet. Another to add to you personal collection would be this: Don’t talk on your phone while crossing the train tracks, or else you might end up hit and killed by a speeding locomotive.
Scott Slaughter was a victim of just such an accident while walking to work Thursday morning. While cutting across the tracks as a shortcut for work, Slaughter let one train pass, but was distracted by his conversation enough to not notice there was another on the next set of tracks.
It’s really just a good idea to stay away from train tracks in general, but if you need to cross, hang up, ok?
Berkley man killed by train [CBS2]
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We have people completely unplugged from their immediate environment because they are plugged into earbuds and BT headsets. I’m somewhat guilty of the later, but I try and stay aware.
A young woman almost toppled into the BART train the other day, if it had not been for a citizen with quick reflexes. She was bopping with her ipod, and slowly backing up towards the trench, and took almost one step too many, she actually stumbled and lost her balance as the train was beeping into Montgomery st. station. The hero caught her by the backpack strap, swung her around, and he got on the train.
She never took off her ear buds, and didn’t reach out to thank him - actually, she looked a little put out!
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