In order to prevent accidents of "walking smash hoc," the idea of ​​reversal of "embed red light on the ground" will be implemented

ByDavid van der Mark

Accidents caused by "walking smartphone" are regarded as problems, such as accidents such as falling down in the river while walking on the road while operating the smartphone. In order to prevent such a situation, a German city is "Embed a red light on the groundWe have started a new attempt called "

Bompeln für Smombies: Augsburg installiert Ampeln im Boden - n-tv.de
http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Augsburg-installiert-Ampeln-im-Boden-article17527851.html


German city embeds LED red lights into sidewalks for smartphone addicts | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/german-city-led-traffic-lights-pavements-smartphone/

An attempt was made to embed LEDs on the road in Augsburg, 35 miles (approximately 56 km) from Munich, the largest city in Bavaria, Germany. The LED light plays the role of a red light with the feeling as below, and it flashes in red when a pedestrian can not cross.


According to German TV station N-TV, a 15-year-old girl was walking while manipulating the smartphone with earphones collided with a streetcar and passed away, Augsburg City embeds the LED signal on the ground He said that he introduced an idea. It seems to be the intention of noticing the existence even if walking downwards if the red light is buried on the ground. The city spokesperson first explains what kind of response it is like by introducing LED lights to two intersections near the university that the smartphone users frequently use.

The new signal is called "bompeln" by "boden (ground)" and "ampeln (signal)". According to the foreign news site Ars Technica, although the idea of ​​bompeln is not taken down from the German citizen, in Germany, "smombie" which combined "smartphone (smartphone)" and "zombie (zombie)" as a word of youth last year It is shown that the smartphone while walking is becoming a social phenomenon. Meanwhile as a candidate for smombie's opposition, the German Prime MinisterAngela Merkel"Merkeln" which made it a verb meaning "do not do anything" was crowned, so it seems that this effort can be evaluated as one of practical ideas that tackled the real problem.

ByPaul Carmona