Lampposts are covered in airbags to stop 'smartphone zombies' bumping into them as they walk[tr]

U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 10/31/2017 | Julian robinson

[simpson96]

Lampposts are being covered in airbags to stop so-called 'smartphone zombies' bumping into them as they walk around staring at their screens in an Austrian city.

Salzburg authorities say tourists are increasingly hurting themselves by not looking where they are going while checking their devices.

Locals have described mobile phone users as Smombies, the short form for a 'smartphone zombie', and civic chiefs are taking action to stop them getting injured.

[taxcontrol]

I am thinking they should be covered in sharp knives. It will do the same thing.

/sarc

[LucyT]

The Hunan Race is doomed.

[I want the USA back]

Really stupid. That will have more of the idiots bumping into them. The UK is gone. Not like it was during and after the war. Gone soft. Lost its soul. Ripe for picking by bearded savages.

[Cold Heart]

Austria

[BBQToadRibs]

I pick my son up from High School in the afternoon and I’m amazed at the kids, faces buried in their phones, just walking out into the traffic. Unreal.

[cyclotic]

When I was in high school, my mom drove me one day. (It was several miles away, I usually took a city bus but for some reason didn’t that day)

I stepped out of the car, turned around and walked smack into a stop sign, face first, banging my nose.

Guess how many more times I did that?

[dfwgator]

I thought there was an app for that.

[mazda77]

The story is from Salzberg Austria.

[BlueLancer]

I think that more manholes should be left open ...

[Bob]

Based on your username, I’ve got to ask — Was it a depth perception problem?? :=)

[moovova]

Shouldn’t they just wrap the phone users in an airbag?

[BitWielder1]

Protecting people from the consequences of their own stupidity is not going to help them in the long run.

[LucyT]

Humam...

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[RedStateRocker]

I’m not saying we should kill stupid people. I’m just sayin’ we should remove the warning signs and let nature take its course.

[cyclotic]

Nope, it was a Bye mom, spin around and walk into the sign problem.

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[RightGeek]

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