Back in mid - July , a two - way walk lane appear in Washington , D.C.One side was a dedicated course for smartphone user and the other for people not hunched over their gadget .
It was n’t put there by the metropolis , rather it was part of a National Geographic behavioural science show “ Mind Over Masses . ” However , now it would seem one city in China does n’t remember it ’s such a high-risk idea . Engadgetreports that Chongqing has co - opted NatGeo ’s prophylactic experimentation for one part of the city known as “ Foreigner Street . ”
The act of smartphone - obsessed pedestrianism ( which I learned just now ) is known as “ phubbing , ” a portmanteau of the idiomatic expression “ phone snubbing . ” Although a consecrated walking course seems like a needless idea , smartphone - related walker injuries are a real problem . A report last Marchfrom the University of Buffalo stated that there are more distracted walking injuries per mile than wound from distrait driving , let in everything from falling down stairs to stepping into oncoming dealings .
Whether this will be a permanent feature film of Chongqing ’s streets is uncertain , but a dedicated smartphone lane would n’t be the first measure a metropolis ’s taken to protect masses from their own ( de)vices . Back in 2008 , Britain create a “ Safe Text ” street bywrapping plod around lamppoststo help forbid distracted texting injuries . So a smartphone lane might seem ridiculous , or as a cast-off behavioral experiment as it was intended , but statistics would suggest that in some areas — they just might be needed . [ Engadget ]
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