Tarmac 'traffic lights' for mobile addicts on pedestrian crossing
Monday, October 17, 2016 @ 10:17 PM
A TOWN near Barcelona has fitted traffic lights to the tarmac on a heavily-used pedestrian crossing so walkers engrossed in their mobile phones do not get run over.
Sant Cugat del Vallès has spent €5,000 on cat's-eye type red and green lights on either side of the zebra in the Plaça dels Quatre Cantons, one of its most-frequented streets.
This way, if anyone is too busy checking their Facebook or WhatsApp messages to watch where they are going, they will know when the 'mainstream' traffic lights are red and not to cross the road.
The tarmac spotlights have been fitted right in the field of vision of a person walking with their eyes on their mobile screen.
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