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'Smombie prevention' Anyang-si.. 'STOP' on the smartphone at the crossing


Input by reporter Lee Ki-moon 2018.09.10. Edited 03:06 2018.09.10. 10:20


  Smartphone blocking technology installed at crosswalks, a reporter experienced firsthand




On the 6th, Deokcheon Elementary School in Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. Crosswalk on the road in front of the main entrance

There was a yellow device. Install the smartphone app (application) and stand in front of the crosswalk at the red light signal, from the speaker on the bar

A voice said, "Do not enter the road as it is dangerous," and the smartphone turned black. 'STOP' appears on the screen.

Along with a red warning picture written on it, a message 'When crossing a crosswalk, check your safety by looking left and right' appeared. let's cross the crosswalk

The smartphone screen returned to normal.

지난 6일 경기 안양시 덕천초등학교 앞 횡단보도에 서자 스마트폰이 작동을 멈추고 화면에 ‘멈춤(STOP)’이란 경고가 나타나고 있다. 관련 앱만 휴대전화에 깔아놓으면 스마트폰 자동 차단 장치가 설치된 횡단보도를 건널 때 화면이 정지해 스마트폰에 시선을 고정한 채 길을 건너다 발생하는 사고를 막을 수 있다. /장련성 객원기자

On the 6th, when I stood at the crosswalk in front of Deokcheon Elementary School in Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, the smartphone stopped working and a warning 'STOP' appeared on the screen.


is appearing If you install only the relevant app on your phone, the screen will appear when you cross a crosswalk with an automatic smartphone blocking device installed.


It is possible to prevent accidents that occur while crossing the street while stopping and keeping your gaze fixed on the smartphone. / Correspondent Jang Ryeon-seong


This service is a 'smartphone automatic blocking' device that Passnet, a small and medium-sized IT (information technology) company, installed on a trial basis with Anyang City in July.

Pause the smartphone screen around the yellow bar at the end of the crosswalk so that students can safely

allowed to cross the road. Last month, Yeonyang Elementary School in Sejong City and Hwadong Elementary School in Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do were found at the crosswalk in front of the school.

The service was introduced, and this month, it will be installed at the crosswalks around nine elementary schools in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Passnet official

"As long as parents install the safety app on their child's smartphone, the smartphone will turn itself off at the crosswalk even if it is not running

stop," he said.

It is a so-called smombie (smartphone + zombie) that walks like a zombie without being aware of its surroundings while keeping its gaze fixed on the smartphone.
Technology to prevent accidents caused by accidents is emerging. This is to prevent the risk of a traffic accident caused by being distracted by a smartphone while walking.
According to the Hyundai Marine & Marine Transportation Climate Environment Research Institute, the number of traffic accidents caused by the use of smartphones while walking increased from 117 in 2013 to last year.
177 cases, an increase of 50%. 40% of accident victims were teenagers under the age of 20.


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Seoul and local governments such as Suwon, Yongin, and Yangju are piloting floor traffic lights. The traffic light on the floor is looking at the smartphone

This is for pedestrians who do not see traffic lights across the street. Signal by planting LED (light emitting diode) lights on the floor in front of the crosswalk

It made the light stand out. Even if you look down to see the smartphone screen, a red signal comes into view.

The National Police Agency and the Road Traffic Authority are cooperating with local governments to install floor traffic lights on a trial basis in about 10 places across the country. need to be introduced

If it is determined, the rules of the Road Traffic Act will be revised in the second half of this year to prepare standard specifications such as the length and installation location of traffic lights on the floor. Yongin

An official said, "A traffic light that emits light from the road floor has been installed at the crosswalk at the intersection of Yongin Central Market."

We plan to increase the number of floor traffic lights around the center,” he said.

The Korea Communications Commission released the 'Cyber Safety Zone' app that automatically locks smartphones when students walk around in May.

If parents install the app on their child's smartphone and set the lock while walking, the screen automatically turns on when holding the smartphone and taking 5-7 steps.

turns off It is the principle of stopping the screen by recognizing your steps with the built-in position and vibration sensor of the smartphone. A KCC official said, "Currently, students

100,000 people are using the app," he said.


In order to prevent accidents caused by not hearing external sounds while wearing earphones, innovative products such as 'bone conduction earphones' have also appeared.

Bone conduction earphones are a method that allows you to hear sound by applying vibrations to the skull behind the ear rather than plugging them into the ear like regular earphones.

Jun-ho Koh, a professor at Hanyang University's Graduate School of Urban Studies, said, "I'm not just telling students not to use smartphones, but they are products that apply technology and ideas.

Efforts are needed to prevent accidents,” he said.

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