After Washington and the Chinese city of Chongqing, the Belgian city of Antwerp has also received a special traffic regulation - a lane for pedestrians who use mobile phones or send text messages while walking. Reason? More and more people are texting or diverting their attention to their phone while walking, as a result of which they do not follow what is happening around them little or not at all. This leads to many accidents, and collisions result in cracked screens and scratched or even destroyed phone cases. A special belt is supposed to improve safety.
A belt for pedestrians who text while walking, will be recognized by the white floor marking and the inscription "Text Walking Line". It is an unusual and at the same time mischievous measure that appeared at first in America, and after China it is now Europe's turn. He broke the ice Antwerp, Belgium, which thus got the first sidewalk intended only for pedestrians who are walking immersed in the mobile screen.
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Although the authorities and police around the world are warning about the danger of using the phone while driving, but the same problem causes gray hair on the sidewalks as well, as people walk along the streets like zombies, ignorant of his surroundings and with his eyes glued to the phone screen. Judging by the photos, people are more often than not whistled at new tag, but like any new thing, it will probably take time to catch on. It is not clear to us how cell phone addicts will be able to pay attention to where they are walking.
