{"id":4551,"date":"2016-06-26T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T00:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/26\/smartphone-addicts-get-street-warning-signs-in-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2016-06-26T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T00:09:13","slug":"smartphone-addicts-get-street-warning-signs-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/26\/smartphone-addicts-get-street-warning-signs-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone addicts get street warning signs in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f127114%2fgettyimages-569707907\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/af05Yycf5q77wPs3BzLGwt7I8Qc=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F127114%2FGettyImages-569707907.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Smartphone+addicts+get+street+warning+signs+in+South+Korea&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F25%2Fsouth-korea-phone-warning-signs%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F25%2Fsouth-korea-phone-warning-signs%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Smartphones can be dangerous. Not because they may\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/27\/cellphone-cancer\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">potentially cause cancer<\/a> (that&#8217;s a valid concern), but because people are so glued to them and often not looking at what they&#8217;re walking into on the street.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of the National Police Agency, Seoul, South Korea&#8217;s Metropolitan Government is <a href=\"http:\/\/english.seoul.go.kr\/new-traffic-signs-smartphone-users\/\">taking preventive measures<\/a> to warn the city&#8217;s citizens to be more aware of their surroundings when using their smartphones.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/25\/7-things-iphone-remove-storage-full\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">The 7 things to delete first when your iPhone storage is full<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Seoul government unveiled two traffic signs as a part of a pilot program, which you can see below. One sign, &#8220;Warning: Using Smartphone while Walking,&#8221; is for warning pedestrians about the dangers of getting hit by a car while using a smartphone while crossing the street. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/25\/south-korea-phone-warning-signs\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/safety\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Safety<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/warning-signs\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Warning Signs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/signs\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Signs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/asia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Asia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/smartphones\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Smartphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/MR5fwKuq-Ls\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphones can be dangerous. Not because they may\u00a0potentially cause cancer (that&#8217;s a valid concern), but because people are so glued to them and often not looking at what they&#8217;re walking into on the street. With the help of the National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/26\/smartphone-addicts-get-street-warning-signs-in-south-korea\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1298,3512,3514,1479,3513],"class_list":["post-4551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-asia","tag-safety","tag-signs","tag-smartphones","tag-warning-signs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}