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Hong Kong places traffic lights on the ground for “zombies” with cell phones | Digital Trends Spanish

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The Hong Kong government wants to take care of its citizens, especially that mass of “ zombies ” who are absorbed looking at their cell phones while they go down the street. Therefore, they have decided to place traffic lights on the ground . Bloomberg reports that, »authorities have installed led lights that bathe the crossing points in a red glow. The hope is that people looking at their devices will see the sidewalk lit up and be reminded to stop.” “With the increasing popularity of smartphones, some of these pedestrians are distracted,” said Alex Au, the Department of Transport’s…

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