U.S. Emergency-Room Visits Involving Pedestrians Distracted by Cell Phones Surged 10-Fold from 2006 to 2014
U.S. emergency-room visits involving pedestrians distracted by cell phones surged 10-fold from 2006 to 2014. Other countries have implemented unique solutions—like Stockholm, Sweden, which installed signs warning drivers of smartphone-wielding pedestrians, and Chongqing, China, which created “smartphone-user lanes.”