Posted: 7/29/2017 9:58:28 AM EDT
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I'm not sure what to make of this article. It made me laugh out loud having witnessed smartphone users walking and tripping into stuff for years.
After I stopped laughing I came to the conclusion that legislation is not needed to sort out this problem. Darwin will solve the problem. 
Honolulu targets 'smartphone zombies' with crosswalk ban " (Reuters) - A ban on pedestrians looking at mobile phones or texting while crossing the street will take effect in Hawaii's largest city in late October, as Honolulu becomes the first major U.S. city to pass legislation aimed at reducing injuries and deaths from "distracted walking." The ban comes as cities around the world grapple with how to protect phone-obsessed "smartphone zombies" from injuring themselves by stepping into traffic or running into stationary objects" |
