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In the Straits Times article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Tan (2017) reports that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is trying out a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involves installing LED strips onto pedestrian crossing pavements. These strips will imitate the signals of pedestrian crossings to help smartphone zombies to be more aware of the changing traffic lights ahead. According to an interview by the author Mr. Tan with Mr. Meno (senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University), Mr Meno states that the installation of the floor lights will enhance the safety of pedestrians who are constantly looking at their smartphones as they are unaware of the road condition. While the floor lights might guide smartphone zombies when crossing the road, it is not the right moral for them as it didn’t encourage them to change their attitude towards road safety. The implementation of floor light will help to raise pedes...

In the article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Christopher Tan (2017) reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is implementing a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involves fixing LED strips onto pavements by those pedestrian crossings. These strips will imitate signals of pedestrian crossings and can be seen throughout the entire day. According to an interview by the author, Gopinath Meno, senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University, stated that the installation of the floor lights would enhance safety of those who are constantly looking at their smartphones as they are unaware of the road condition. While the floor lights might guide smartphone zombies when crossing the road, it is a bane when considering their attitude towards road safety. The implementation of floor light will help to raise pedestrian awareness while crossing the road, but it does not solve the issue of smartphone zombies not caring abo...