Summary for "Floor Lights"

According to “Floor lights help ‘smartphone zombies’ keep eye on the road”, (Tan, 2017), new LED strips are installed at 2 pedestrian crossings on a half-year trial in order to raise awareness of road safety for 'smartphone zombies'.

According to the Traffic Police (2017), the accident rates were at a 4 year high with pedestrian accidents making one-third of all fatal road accidents. Senior researcher, Menon (2017) mentioned that many pedestrians are hooked to their phones, so any method to better the safety of pedestrians are welcomed. Tan then states that the new feature will make crossing easier and safer with the assistance of the LED strips. I agree with the writer to a certain extent that the new safety system implemented would aid ‘smartphone zombies’ to cross the road safer and reduce road accidents.

However, I feel that the focus should be on elderly due to the increasing number of fatal road accidents involving them in recent years and LED floor light is definitely not beneficial to them.

Reference:

Tan, Christopher. “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road.” The Straits Times, 9 May 2017, www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/floor-lights-help-smartphone-zombies-keep-eye-on-the-road. Accessed 15 Sept. 2017.