Newsela Central Idea Report
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Also, the lighting produced from the lighting," can change color and are synced with their corresponding traffic lights," (Wang paragraph 4) which can make walking easier knowing that you don't have to look up from your phone can be an easy pattern to get used to.
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As a matter of fact, the article reports that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "5,376 pedestrians were killed in the United States in 2015." (Wang paragraph 11)
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Even further, the article reports the astonishing fact that "distracted walking was responsible for more than 11,100 injuries between 2000 and 2011." (Wang paragraph 12)
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Even further, the officials argue that "people are going to be staring toward their feet anyways." (Wang paragraph 5) This is why they have thought it best to install the lightning in the pavement.
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Even so, the article reports that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "5,376 pedestrians were killed in the United States in 2015." (Wang paragraph 11) The LED strips of light in the city of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk could help lower the amount of deaths.
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Finally the article states that "people are going to be staring toward their feet anyways." (Wang paragraph 5) This is why I believe that having the LED strips of light be an option to minimizing the amount of crashes and deaths caused by pedestrians looking at their phones and not where they should be looking.
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For example, the article states that the officials of the city have installed LED strips of light called "Litchtlijin" (Wang paragraph 3) into the concrete at very crowded crossroads to keep oblivious walkers protected.
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In fact, the article states that city officials have installed LED strips of light called "Litchtlijin" (Wang paragraph 3) into the pavement at several busy intersections to keep distracted walkers safe.
"The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect 'smartphone zombies'" By Amy B. Wang Washington Post
Mariah Montanez 2/28/17 Period 3/4
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Obviously enough, the lighting "can change color and are synced with their corresponding traffic lights," (Wang paragraph 4) making it an easy habit to get used to.
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The article also highlights the fact that "distracted walking" has become a major issue in the United States.
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The central idea of the newsela article titled, "The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect 'smartphone zombies'," written by Amy B. Wang is that the city of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk is coming up with a new idea called "Lichtlijn, or light lines" to help lower the amount of incidents that are caused by Cell phone walkers walking into incoming traffic.
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The central idea of the newsela article, "The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect 'smartphone zombies'" written by Amy B. Wang is that the small city of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk is piloting a unique program that is intended to protect cell phone using walkers.
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Wang, Amy "The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect 'smartphone zombies'" The Washington Post via Newsela MAX February 22, 2017 https://newsela.com/articles/smartphones-zombies/id/27127/