Dutch town lighting up footpath to save smartphone users from themselves
A NZ spokesman agreed, suggesting that a eugenic approach may be more appropriate.
An LED lighting strip has been inserted into the footpath in a Dutch town to save pedestrians engrossed in their smartphones from walking out in front of traffic.Alderman Kees Oskam said pedestrians were distracted from paying attention to traffic by social media, games and music on their smartphones. As a government, we probably can not easily reverse this trend, but we want to anticipate it," he said.
Dutch road safety organisation VVN said it did not think the new lighting would be a solution, Dutch News reported. "What you are doing is rewarding bad behaviour," a spokesman said.
Dutch road safety organisation VVN said it did not think the new lighting would be a solution, Dutch News reported. "What you are doing is rewarding bad behaviour," a spokesman said.
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