低頭族的天堂! 荷蘭小鎮將紅綠燈直接鋪在地上!

Officials in the town of Bodegraven are running trials of new traffic lights which warn pedestrians staring at their mobile phones that they are about the cross the road.

爲了提醒低頭看手機的行人是時候過馬路了，德格拉溫小鎮的政府人員正在嘗試一種新的交通燈。

The new traffic light consists of a led lighting strip in the pavement which officials hope will alert 'zombies' who are looking at the road not at traffic.

這種新的交通信號燈由一組安裝在路面上的LED燈條構成。政府人員認爲這樣能警告那些盯着手機不擡頭的“殭屍”們注意安全。

'Social media, games, WhatsApp and music are major distractions in traffic,' said town alderman Kees Oskam. 'We may not be able to change this trend, but we can anticipate problems.'

地區議員基斯·奧斯卡姆表示：“社交媒體、遊戲、WhatsApp、音樂等是分散行人注意力的主要因素，我們可能無法輕易扭轉趨勢，但是可以提前預防。”

The +Lichtlijn, as the traffic light is officially called, is linked to existing traffic lights and changes colour at the same time.

這種信號燈官方稱其爲+Lichtlijn，與已有的交通信號相連，會同時改變顏色。

Dutch road safety organisation VVN said it did not think the new lighting would be a solution. 'What you are doing is rewarding bad behaviour,' a spokesman said.

荷蘭道路安全組織VVN表示，它不認爲一種新的信號燈就能解決問題。一位發言人稱：“這樣做只會獎勵不良行爲。”

The system has been developed by Bodegraven firm HIG Traffic Systems which hopes to sell it to other local authorities.

該系統是由德格拉溫的HIG交通公司負責開發的，該公司希望能將該系統推廣到其他地區。