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A hands-free headset and a mounted tablet were used to conduct the phone and texting conversations, respectively. Participants moved through the virtual environment via a manual treadmill, allowing them to select crossing gaps and change their gait. During the phone conversation and texting conditions, participants had fewer successful crossings and took longer to initiate crossing. Furthermore, in the texting condition, lower percentage of head orientation toward the tablet, fewer number of head orientations toward the tablet, and greater percentage of total characters typed before initiating crossing predicted greater crossing success. Our results suggest that 1) texting is as unsafe as phone conversations for street crossing performance, and 2) when subjects completed most of the texting task before initiating crossing they were more likely to make it safely across the street. Sending and receiving text messages negatively impact a range of real-world behaviors. 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Furthermore, in the texting condition, lower percentage of head orientation toward the tablet, fewer number of head orientations toward the tablet, and greater percentage of total characters typed before initiating crossing predicted greater crossing success. Our results suggest that 1) texting is as unsafe as phone conversations for street crossing performance, and 2) when subjects completed most of the texting task before initiating crossing they were more likely to make it safely across the street. Sending and receiving text messages negatively impact a range of real-world behaviors. 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