Have you ever experienced a text messaging collision with another pedestrian while walking down the street? If that was a yes, then I suggest you move to the Belgian city of Antwerp. In this historic port and diamond-trading city they have just made dedicated "text walking lanes".
Some would say it was a publicity stunt, but the brainchild of a smartphone store based in the city, says that a significant number of mobile phone breakages happen because of "text walking" collisions.
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Some would say it was a publicity stunt, but the brainchild of a smartphone store based in the city, says that a significant number of mobile phone breakages happen because of "text walking" collisions.
There are now believed to be more mobile phones in the world than people.
Antwerp & Eastern Flanders PDF chapter
Coverage includes: Antwerp (Antwerpen) and Around, Turnhout, Lier, Mechelen, Leuven, Hasselt, Tienen, Hoegaarden, Zoutleeuw, Sint-Truiden and Tongeren
Check out more travel guides in Belgium
Don’t forget the offer of 3 for 2 books across all formats