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>1. Using your phone as an actual phone (i.e., an audio only conversation with the thing held to your ear, or with a headset). There's no indication this bans
by tw04 6y ago
>1. Using your phone as an actual phone (i.e., an audio only conversation with the thing held to your ear, or with a headset).
There's no indication this bans audio calls, given it specifically calls out smart phones I'd wager that's not their intent.
>2. Using it as a navigational aid. If I'm not too sure where I'm going I'll often use either Google or Apple Maps to set up directions before I start walking. I'll then put the phone in my pocket and just pull it out from time to time to check I'm still heading in the right direction.
So be respectful and step out of the flow of foot traffic to check it? They didn't say you couldn't use your smartphone in public, they said not to do it while you're walking. I'm sure they got sick of idiots either running into other people or walking into traffic with their faces glued to their phones. Can't say I blame them.
- Sephr 6y agoPhones can be a real-time navigational aid for the blind[1]. This requires the phone to record your surroundings, which means either holding your phone while walking or making a holster for the phone on the front of your shirt/jacket. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_AI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_AI
- tw04 6y agoThere are exceptions to pretty much everything. I doubt their intent is to punish the blind and I'm sure if they ever put any teeth behind the law there would be a carve out. No different then the countless "no pets allowed" laws that still allow seeing eye dogs.
- thatoneuser 6y ago"So be respectful and step out of the flow of foot traffic to check it?" You say this on Americas birthday of all days? I'm joking, but dude come on. You're not allowed to use GPS while walking? How uncoordinated would a person have to be to not be able to do that? If it's that difficult, people need to be walking more so they don't have to think to do it successfully.