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Subject: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/16 at 4:48 am
Seoul is installing 300 new street signs to warn pedestrians about the dangers of walking while engrossed in their smartphones - but not everyone's convinced they'll be noticed.
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/1813F/production/_90032689_signs.png
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36576259
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Baltimoreian on 06/21/16 at 8:33 am
The United States should have that sign too. Considering how tech-savvy their population is.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/16 at 8:38 am
The United States should have that sign too. Considering how tech-savvy their population is.
It should be the same the whole over?
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Howard on 06/21/16 at 2:54 pm
The United States should have that sign too. Considering how tech-savvy their population is.
I definitely agree.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: whistledog on 06/21/16 at 11:56 pm
Seoul is installing 300 new street signs to warn pedestrians about the dangers of walking while engrossed in their smartphones - but not everyone's convinced they'll be noticed.
If they are looking at their phones, they will never see these signs lol
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Sita0 on 06/22/16 at 12:00 am
You're never gonna change how people act in this regard. You'd have to be pretty stupid to be reading your phone crossing a city street.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/16 at 2:59 am
I have seen many crossing roads still looking at their phones, and survive.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Howard on 06/22/16 at 2:39 pm
You're never gonna change how people act in this regard. You'd have to be pretty stupid to be reading your phone crossing a city street.
always look alive.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: gibbo on 06/22/16 at 5:15 pm
If they are looking at their phones, they will never see these signs lol
Yep ... just more obstacles to bump into. Those signs just may teach them a lesson ... the hard way! ;D
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/16 at 5:17 pm
Yep ... just more obstacles to bump into. Those signs just may teach them a lesson ... the hard way! ;D
Place the signs at knee level?
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Red Ant on 06/22/16 at 9:59 pm
The world is truly becoming a dumber place. I hope they use manhole covers to make the signs.
Ant
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: gibbo on 06/22/16 at 10:40 pm
The world is truly becoming a dumber place. I hope they use manhole covers to make the signs.
Ant
Excellent ... so they could also drop into uncovered manholes as well as bump into much harder signs! I'm sure they would create an app to guide them through these literal pitfalls!
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Howard on 06/23/16 at 3:01 pm
The world is truly becoming a dumber place. I hope they use manhole covers to make the signs.
Ant
I already know that.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: 2001 on 06/24/16 at 9:53 pm
Excellent ... so they could also drop into uncovered manholes as well as bump into much harder signs! I'm sure they would create an app to guide them through these literal pitfalls!
On my first phone, the texting app had a "transparent background" that used the camera to show what was happening behind your phone while you were texting and walking. I disabled it though, the moving ground was distracting me from my texting ;D
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: wixness on 07/20/16 at 4:17 am
If the phones use geolocation, why can't they warn its users of oncoming traffic?
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: 2001 on 07/20/16 at 12:36 pm
If the phones use geolocation, why can't they warn its users of oncoming traffic?
That would waste a lot of battery.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: wixness on 07/20/16 at 2:23 pm
That would waste a lot of battery.
They sell battery packs. Then again, you don't have unlimited mobile data anymore.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Baltimoreian on 07/20/16 at 5:39 pm
They sell battery packs. Then again, you don't have unlimited mobile data anymore.
Couldn't you charge your phone by using a car charger? Pretty much any car has it nowadays. Especially with USB ones.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: wixness on 07/20/16 at 5:48 pm
Couldn't you charge your phone by using a car charger? Pretty much any car has it nowadays. Especially with USB ones.
We need to invest more in IoT then.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: 2001 on 07/20/16 at 8:24 pm
They sell battery packs. Then again, you don't have unlimited mobile data anymore.
Hmm, it would still be wasteful ;D Best to just put your phone in your pocket or to look where you're going when crossing the street or in busy sidewalks.
Welcome to the boards by the way! :)
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Baltimoreian on 07/20/16 at 8:27 pm
Hmm, it would still be wasteful ;D Best to just put your phone in your pocket or to look where you're going when crossing the street or in busy sidewalks.
Welcome to the boards by the way! :)
Well, he's been around the boards since November of 2015. But I applaud your welcoming to wixness.
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: 2001 on 07/20/16 at 8:32 pm
Well, he's been around the boards since November of 2015. But I applaud your welcoming to wixness.
Oh, whoops. Fail. :-[ *hides*
I should rephrase: Nice to meet you! ;D
Subject: Re: Warning signs for Seoul's 'smartphone zombies'
Written By: Looney Toon on 07/21/16 at 6:46 pm
Seoul is installing 300 new street signs to warn pedestrians about the dangers of walking while engrossed in their smartphones - but not everyone's convinced they'll be noticed.
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/1813F/production/_90032689_signs.png
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36576259
Wait wait wait how can "Smartphone zombies" notice the sign when they're too busy looking at their phones? I can see why some aren't convinced that the signs will be noticed. What's getting to me is the fact that people have gotten so immersed into their phones that they seem to have no mind of what's around them. An explosion could go off and they probably wouldn't notice it.