Many people text while walking, especially crossing a street. People think that walking while crossing a street shouldn’t be illegal. However, it should be outlawed due to people not paying attention. This essay will inform you on why texting while crossing the street should be illegal. One reason is that people glued to their at their phones do not pay attention to his/her surroundings, therefore they can get unfortunate and get hit. Investigators at the University of Alabama did a study at texting while crossing the street. Surprisingly, they discovered people who were paying attention to their phone had four times as likely to get hit by a car as people who was focused on the streets. Additionally, people can trip and
