Pavement lights have been installed at a pedestrian crossing in a Netherlands town to help smartphone users cross the road safely.
The light strips are designed to catch the eye of people looking down at their device, and change colour to match traffic signals.
The lure of games and social media has come "at the expense of attention to traffic", said councillor Kees Oskam.
But Dutch road safety group VVN said the idea "rewards bad behaviour".
Augsburg, Germany has done much the same thing according to the Washington Post.
Will pavement lights built into kerbs curb accidents?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 18 2017, @10:26PM
I'm not hopeful about this development. I can't tell from the article, but I fully expect that these lights will only work with Android and iOS phones. There's seldom any love for Windows Phone users.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 19 2017, @02:54AM
The pavement lights up, not the phone, silly.