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March 3, 2008Students With Cell Phones May Take More Risks, Study Finds |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: Carrying a cell phone may cause some college students -- especially women -- to take risks with their safety, a new study suggests. A survey of 305 students at one campus found that 40 percent of cell phone users said they walked somewhere after dark that they normally wouldn't go. A separate survey found that about three-quarters of students said that carrying a cell phone while walking alone at night made them feel somewhat or a lot safer. "Students seem to feel less vulnerable when they carry a cell phone, although there's not evidence that they really are," said Jack Nasar, co-author of the study and professor of city and regional planning at Ohio State University. The possibility of crime is not the only problem. In a separate study, Nasar and his colleagues found that 48 per cent of cell phone users crossed a busy road in front of approaching cars, compared to only 25 per cent of those not using phones. "Students need to be aware of their surroundings when they're out using their cell phone," he said. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations. AScribe transmits news releases directly to newsroom computer systems and desktops of major media organizations via a supremely trusted channel - The Associated Press. We also feed news to major news retrieval database services, online publications and to developers of web sites and Intranets.
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