NEARLY a third of Brits have confessed to being glued to their phone when crossing the road, rising to 80 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds, a study has revealed.The survey by Fiat of 2000 UK drivers and smartphone users found motorists had to take evasive action such as honking their horn (24 per cent), braking heavily (23 per cent) and even swerving around phone-using pedestrians who had walked blindly on to the road (16 per cent).Worryingly, almost one in 10 motorists stated they previously had to call 999 as they had hit a pedestrian who was on their phone while they were crossing the road.“Smartphone zombies” walking out in front of a driver while on their devices had also led to some angry words (17 per cent) and rude gestures (14 per
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