Heads up: one city has decided to take action against a serious scourge of modern day life.
A new law in Honolulu which comes into force today means that anyone caught crossing the road and sending text messages at the same time will have to pay.
A $35 fine can now be dished out to citizens by police if they're spotted looking at their phone, or any other device for that matter.
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The councillor who proposed the bill said it was a "milestone" in legislation when it comes to safety, speaking to the New York Times.
Elsewhere, some cities have decided to create smartphone lanes dedicated to the hunch-shouldered zombie-like smartphone user. And in a Dutch region, new crossing lights were installed on the pavement to get the attention of distracted phone users.
And t's no wonder we're having to work out such new ways: apparently we check our phones 85 times a day.
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