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Chinese City Sets Up "No Cell Phone" Pedestrian Lanes
An anonymous reader writes The Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, offering a path for those too caught up in messaging and tweeting to watch where they're going. "There are lots of elderly people and children in our street, and walking with your cell phone may cause unnecessary collisions here," said Nong Cheng, a spokeswoman for the district's property management company. However, she clarified that the initiative was meant to be a satirical way to highlight the dangers of texting and walking.
It finally pays off.
"...she clarified that the initiative was meant to be a satirical way to highlight the dangers of texting and walking."
Regardless of the original intent, if it is a device that allows human beings to ignore each other and stay tethered to social media with even greater efficiency, there will be no amount of money or time large enough to stand in the way of budgeting or building it.
What started out as a joke will become the next major city project.
Oh personally I think collisions between people who don't look where they're walking and run into each other are highly necessary. Some people need to feel that they're acting stupidly.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Heh I play dwarf fortress mostly, Clearly the way forward involves a lever and a pressure plate at each "crosswalk", and by "crosswalk", of course, I mean "retractable drawbridge over a spike pit". Pedestrian stops and pulls the lever first, no retraction.... step on pressure plate first and the bridge retracts.
Will likely need some redesign of the sewer system to help actuate the mechanism properly..... but its totally worth it.
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"