Sending text messages in the centre of the Belgian city of Antwerp has become relatively safer. Authorities of the city has provided dedicated temporary "text walking lanes" so that people texting do not collide with pedestrians.
The initiative is the brainchild of a smartphone store based in the city. It says that a significant number of mobile phone breakages happen because of "text walking" collisions.
The US Census Bureau show that there are about 7.2 billion people in the world, compared 7.5 billion mobile devices according to figures released by mobile operators and associated companies.
There are now believed to be more mobile phones in the world than people.
A spokesman for Mlab, a smart phone laboratory based in Antwerp, was quoted by Yahoo News as saying,
"You probably walk through the streets while texting or sending Whatsapp messages to your friends and don't really pay attention to your surroundings - only to whatever is happening on your screen".
"This causes collisions with poles or other pedestrians. You could, unknowingly, even be endangering your own life while you 'text-walk' when you cross the street without looking up."
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