Beijing - Taking a cue from an
American TV program, the
Chinese city of Chongqing has
created a smartphone
sidewalk lane, seemingly
offering a path for those too engrossed in messaging and
tweeting to watch where
they're going. But the property manager says
it's intended to be ironic, to
remind people that it's
dangerous to tweet while
walking the street. "There are lots of elderly
people and children in our
street, and walking with your
cellphone may cause
unnecessary collisions here,"
said Nong Cheng, the marketing official with Meixin
Group, which manages the
area in the city's
entertainment zone. Meixin has marked a 50-meter
stretch of pavement with two
lanes: one that prohibits
cellphone use next to one that
allows pedestrians to use
them, at their "own risk." Nong said the idea came from
a similar stretch of pavement
in Washington D.C. created by
National Geographic Television
in July as part of a behavior
experiment. She said that pedestrians were
not taking the new lanes
seriously, but that many were
snapping pictures of the signs
and sidewalk. "Those using their cellphones
of course have not heeded the
markings on the pavement,"
she said. "They don't notice
them."http://m.news24.com/nigeria/World/News/China-creates-its-first-no-cellphone-sidewalk-lane-20140915

I don't think we need this,but we like copy cat who knows what NRSC have in mind next?