Look down

In the future, you won’t even have to look up from your phone to cross the road. The Dutch municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk is testing a new system for traffic lights which embeds a thin strip of LEDs on the pavement before busy road crossings, to signal to inattentive smartphone users whether or not it’s safe to step out. The project is called “+ Light Line”.

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