China opens a footpath for people glued to their phones

guest · Jun 15, 2018

China opens a footpath for people glued to their phones
One can finally check Instagram without being distracted by oncoming cars.
June 14, 2018
https://www.cnet.com/news/china-opened-a-footpath-for-people-glued-to-their-phones/

For some, mobile phone addiction might be a bad thing. The city of Xi'an, meanwhile, has embraced it.

Over the weekend, pedestrians in the northern Chinese city could walk, phone in hand and head down, along a new footpath dedicated to just that, reports Inquirer.net.
[...] reportedly 100 metres long and 80 centimetres wide, providing ample space for phone-using pedestrians.

Like China's first "phone lane" introduced in Chongqing in 2014, the new one aims to address safety. According to the report, security personnel were required too often to steer drivers away from the pavement filled with distracted pedestrians.
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