Utah University Adds Texting and Walking Lane to Its Stairs

" … Phone carriers and local emergency rooms rejoice. Students at Utah Valley University have a new perk: a texting and walking lane.

A stairway in the campus life and wellness center in Orem, Utah, has been divided into three lanes: walking, running and texting. It’s like the high-occupancy lane on the highway, but it’s you and your device so connected that you can’t take a second to part ways between classes." …

Things are looking down.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/utah-university-adds-texting-and-walking-lane-to-its-stairs/?src=twr&_r=0

How could one not see the humor in this…?

I think it’s funny and they picked a fabulous color. :slight_smile:

Are the students in the texting lane required to wear helmets?