Distracted walking

A huge shopping mall located in the Chinese city of Xi’an has implemented a new strategy to protect pedestrians who are glued to their cellphones: pedestrian lanes specifically for cellphone users. The lane is painted with messages urging pedestrians to look up. “Distracted walking,” as the WHO calls it, has lead to thousands of pedestrian deaths in China.

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