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It can certainly be harmful when people are walking down the street glued to their phones. Anecdotally, I could not tell you how many times I've seen someone al
by _bohm 7y ago
It can certainly be harmful when people are walking down the street glued to their phones. Anecdotally, I could not tell you how many times I've seen someone almost walk into traffic, into a stationary object, or into another person on the street because they were listlessly scrolling through (facebook|twitter|instagram|whatever) rather than paying attention to their surroundings.
- ryanmercer 7y ago>, into a stationary object, Way back in 2008 London was padding lamp posts to protect people that were staring at their devices https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/padded-lampposts-for-distracted-texters-being-tested-in-london/ https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/padded-lampposts-for-dis...
- DanBC 7y agoOn the same page you link to they debunk this as a PR stunt: https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/padded-lampposts-in-london-not-really-being-tested/ https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/padded-lampposts-in-lond...
- ryanmercer 7y agoA PR stunt that worked because people are actually walking into lamp posts/traffic.