Monday, September 22, 2014

World’s First Street Lane for People Who Walk While Texting

Hey there! Ni Hao! (which usually signals a post involving China, right?). How're you doing today? Great, I hope. Pour yourself a mug of Joe and massage a virtual treat or two onto your plate, why don't'cha? Speaking of China...

When authorities in Chongqing city realized that they’re never going to be able put a stop to texting while walking, they decided to go for minimizing the risk instead. So they set up a special lane for pedestrians who are hopelessly addicted to their mobile phones.

The lane was created on Foreigner Street – a tourist hot-spot in Chongqing – in order to reduce collisions. So the sidewalk is basically divided into two halves – one labeled ‘cell phones, walk at your own risk’ and the other marked ‘no cell phones’.

Do you text while walking? Me? Never. On the rare occasion when I absolutely need to text something, it can still wait till I can sit down in a Tims, order myself a nice Dark Roast...or more likely a decaf with a hazelnut shot in it, and then get on with the text. But, it was bound to happen. Tokyo will be next, I expect. 

There's a billboard here in Cornwall that says, "DON'T GET CAUGHT IN-TEXT-ICATED!"

See ya, eh!

Bob

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