Recently, a woman in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, hurt her crotch when she stepped on her mobile phone while walking, which attracted netizens' attention.
Nowadays, mobile phones have become an indispensable part of daily life, accompanying people everywhere. However, more and more people begin to look at their mobile phones when they walk, becoming the "bow head clan" on the road. This behavior not only brings hidden dangers to one's own health, but also increases the risk of road traffic safety.
Or endanger the health of eyes and spine
The damage to health caused by walking and watching mobile phones is first reflected in the eyes. Zhu Siquan, a professor at Capital Medical University, said that when looking at a mobile phone, you should keep your eyes at a certain distance from the phone screen. Generally, about 50cm is appropriate. If it is more than 70cm or less than 30cm, the eyes need to adjust their muscles to see the screen clearly, which is prone to visual fatigue. When walking, the body moves, and the vision constantly shakes. When people walk normally and look at the distance, this feeling is not strong. Once the eyes are focused on the small mobile phone screen, even slight eye shaking will cause obvious discomfort. In addition, the constant change of the distance between the mobile phone screen and the eyes will lead to long-term, high-frequency adjustment of the eye muscles, which is more likely to induce visual fatigue.
Zhu Siquan said that not only walking, exercising and looking at mobile phones while taking transportation vehicles will also cause eye muscle fatigue, which is likely to cause vision loss in the long run.
In a correct walking posture, people should look straight ahead with their eyes flat, their chin slightly extended, their head straightened, their abdomen slightly contracted, their hips raised, and their shoulders slightly extended backward. In order to reduce arm pressure when watching mobile phones, the head will unconsciously lower, the shoulders will not stretch, and a hunchback will appear. This position will bring pressure to the cervical spine and make the muscles in the neck and upper back highly tense.
Moreover, if you look down at your mobile phone while walking for a long time, it may also cause changes in the normal physiological curvature of the spine. The muscles, ligaments and soft tissues in this part are in a rigid state for a long time, which is easy to induce myofascitis. Once the spine is deformed, in order to support the head, the neck, shoulder and waist will have to bear more pressure, further inducing lesions in relevant parts.
Supervision by means of science and technology
In addition to harming health, watching mobile phones while walking also significantly increases the risk of road traffic accidents.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo once conducted an experiment. They recruited 27 experimental participants to simulate the real scene of two-way walking on the road. Among them, some participants focused on walking on the road, while in the other part, the researchers arranged three pedestrians to play with mobile phones.
In order to further explore the impact of mobile phone playing on the walking team, the researchers specially arranged the three mobile phone players in the front, middle and back of the team to observe their specific impact on the whole team.
In daily life, when people walk on the road and face oncoming pedestrians, they subconsciously predict their direction of travel by observing the eyes and actions of the other party, consciously adjust their pace, ensure smooth passage and avoid collisions. This kind of tacit understanding between groups seems simple, but in fact it is very knowledgeable. For example, birds and fish can often be seen marching in a specific formation, which not only helps them to keep up with the team, but also effectively avoids collisions with each other. Therefore, as long as you concentrate on walking without distracting yourself, traffic flow and efficiency can be significantly improved. The experimental results also prove this point. When participants walk in opposite directions and no one plays with their mobile phones, they tend to spontaneously divide into two teams and cross the road quickly and orderly.
However, when mobile phone players appeared in the participants' team, the situation changed significantly. The researchers found that when mobile phone players walked at the front of the team, the speed of the two teams would significantly slow down. At the same time, if someone in the opposite team plays with mobile phones, the team's progress will be affected even if no one in the team plays with mobile phones. Because the mobile phone player kept his head down, others could not predict his direction through their eyes, which led to the decline of the team's travel efficiency.
To stop walking and playing with mobile phones, we can not only rely on consciousness, but also ask for help from science and technology. For example, a mobile app launched in South Korea can detect the user's movement status. Once the user is found operating the mobile phone while walking, the mobile phone will be locked. To unlock the phone, the user must be in a static state. With this app installed on the phone, users can avoid using the phone while walking and running.
In addition to working on mobile phones, there are also countries working on the traffic environment. For example, in some areas of Japan, cameras are set up at stations and intersections. If someone is monitored to watch their mobile phone while walking, they will immediately broadcast a reminder. Cologne, Augsburg and other cities in Germany use traffic lights on the road to remind people who walk and play with mobile phones to pay attention to the changes in traffic signals to avoid danger.
