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Reminds me of the led strips on the ground at pedestrian crossings in the Netherlands, added because of people not looking up at the light before crossing: http

• contravariant 8y ago
  I wouldn't jump to any conclusions on that one yet. Both the statement that smartphone use is increasing the number of accidents and that this would be caused by people not looking at traffic lights are somewhat suspect.
  • 19870213 8y ago
    Especially since I routinely see people simply crossing the street disregarding the traffic lights altogether regardless of smartphone use (here in Eindhoven at least).
  • aaron695 8y ago
    There is a least one study that showed smart phone users were more careful. It seemed because they knew they were shifting to a different activity they were more careful. I'm suspect on it, but yes, there needs to be more than the lame, lets bag on people different to us and fit them into some sort of troublemaker cliche.
• Freak_NL 8y ago
  I don't think this has gone beyond a few experiments in one municipality (certainly not anywhere I've been in the last year).
• wlkr 8y ago
  I wonder if pavement lights would be beneficial in other ways, e.g. for training guide dogs you could have the red light to indicate stop and the absence of a light for go ahead. I think it would be useful for self-driving wheelchairs to detect floor lighting strips, too. Why not then have smartphones detect the lights as you're walking and looking at your phone, then they can vibrate to let you know something in the real world needs your attention.