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EARTHDATE: November 12, 2017

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REAL LIFE NEWS: PADDED LAMPPOSTS PROTECT PHONE ZOMBIES

by Hazed

People who walk along staring at the phones can be vulnerable to injuries as they trip over, fall into holes or walk into things. But the danger has been reduced in Salzburg, Austria, because the city has deployed airbags on its lampposts to protect phone zombies.

The city council has taken this action after local research showed that one in five pedestrians is at risk from a distraction caused by using smartphones. It’s such a big problem that the locals have a word for it – Smombies, short for Smartphone Zombies.

The city believes that by putting airbags on lampposts they are telling people that they need to take more care when walking around using their phones. Martin Pfanner of the Board for Traffic Safety (KFV) said: We are of the opinion that when people see this very public warning in the form of lamppost airbags of the dangers of not paying attention, they will change their behaviour.”

Well, that’s assuming that people using their phones look up for long enough to even notice the airbags!

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/873643/Lampposts-covered-airbags-stop-smartphone-zombies-hitting-salzburg

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