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Dutch town installs traffic lights on the ground to alert texters

Technology March 29, 2017
A team in Bodegraven, Netherlands, has built the light signals on sidewalks at various intersections. The initiative hopes to alert pedestrians who are looking down at their phone.
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· 25 Mar 2017

This Dutch town has traffic lights on the ground because people are staring at their phones

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· 5 Mar 2017

, a Dutch town, is using traffic lights in pavements to keep -addicted pedestrians safe. RT

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· 11 Mar 2017

La cd. holandesa Bodegraven ya cuenta con semáforos en el suelo para avisar a los usuarios de smartp

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· 28 Mar 2017

Progress/Decline? Street embedded pedestrian lights in Bodegraven, Netherlands. Rationale: pedestrians texting eyes on ground.

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· 26 Mar 2017

Funny that I should read this on twitter. Nice idea!

People won’t stop staring at their phones, so a Dutch town put traffic lights on the ground. via
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· 25 Mar 2017

Seriously?

This Dutch town has traffic lights on the ground because people are staring at their phones
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· 19 Feb 2017
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they had their nose in a phone. responsibility people.

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· 18 Feb 2017
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I thought those were lightsabers.

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· 18 Feb 2017
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this is how a people's government should function

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