*Have you ever caught yourself glued to your smartphone while you’re walking down the street, or into a store?
One of my kids recently told me that I need to learn how to walk and text at the same time. Â “You’d get more done,” she advised.
I passed on the lesson, but later learned that pedestrian injuries and deaths are up in recent years, and some have attributed that rise to the increased use of smartphones.
Well, a Dutch town has come up with a innovation solution to curb the behavior of these “cell phone zombies”: Â installing LED lights in the pavement to catch pedestrians’ attention and let them know it’s safe to cross the street. Â Â
Now, this is where my past behavior deviates from these folks. Â I’ve glanced at my phone, looked at a text or pulled up a shopping list or something. Â But I’m never so engaged with my iPhone that I risk walking out into traffic, like they’re doing in the town of Bodegraven, in central Holland.
Read more at EURThisNthat.
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