Reader Response Draft 2
In the article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Christopher Tan (2017) reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is implementing a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involves fixing LED strips onto pavements by those pedestrian crossings. These strips will imitate signals of pedestrian crossings and can be seen throughout the entire day. According to an interview by the author, Gopinath Meno (2017), senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University, stated that the installation of the floor lights would enhance safety of those who are constantly looking at their smartphones as they are unaware of the road condition.
While this initiative aims to make pedestrian become more aware of road safety, more publicity are needed to educate the pedestrian about this initiative. Furthermore, I feel that safety should be our own responsibility and by instilling this mindset, it should be more effective than implementing safety controls.
More publicity are needed for this project as by installing the LED light strips without educating pedestrian about the uses of it, it's like doing something without letting other people know what is the intention of you doing Hence, pedestrian might think that the the LED light strips are just some decoration and will not pay any attention to it. Therefore, through more publicity and educating about uses of this initiative to the pedestrian, pedestrian will then start to notice the LED strips.
To instill the mindset of safety should be our own responsibility, first we will need to educate people on the important of safety. An accident can change a person's life forever, this does not only affect the person himself, it will also affect their loved ones. Human loss and suffering are immeasurable. Can you imagine what will your's loved one feel when a phone call from the hospital or a knock on your door telling them you will never be coming home? What worst is when you get a serious injury such as paralysis or losing a limb. You will become a huge burden your's loved one in both financial and emotionally. By keeping this in mind, pedestrian will be more careful in the future and your's loved one will wants you to return home safely.
By having the safety mindset, not only the pedestrian will be more careful in the future, they will also remind their's loved ones to be more careful. This can be achieve through different methods to target different age groups. For the younger population, we can educate and highlight to them on through conducting talks in their schools. As for those working adult, we can publicizing through videos on social media, television, with content on how it will be like when an accident hits you and real-life stories.
References
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/floor-lights-help-smartphone-zombies-keep-eye-on-the-road
http://www.worksafemt.com/safety/safety-important/the-importance-of-safety/
While this initiative aims to make pedestrian become more aware of road safety, more publicity are needed to educate the pedestrian about this initiative. Furthermore, I feel that safety should be our own responsibility and by instilling this mindset, it should be more effective than implementing safety controls.
More publicity are needed for this project as by installing the LED light strips without educating pedestrian about the uses of it, it's like doing something without letting other people know what is the intention of you doing Hence, pedestrian might think that the the LED light strips are just some decoration and will not pay any attention to it. Therefore, through more publicity and educating about uses of this initiative to the pedestrian, pedestrian will then start to notice the LED strips.
To instill the mindset of safety should be our own responsibility, first we will need to educate people on the important of safety. An accident can change a person's life forever, this does not only affect the person himself, it will also affect their loved ones. Human loss and suffering are immeasurable. Can you imagine what will your's loved one feel when a phone call from the hospital or a knock on your door telling them you will never be coming home? What worst is when you get a serious injury such as paralysis or losing a limb. You will become a huge burden your's loved one in both financial and emotionally. By keeping this in mind, pedestrian will be more careful in the future and your's loved one will wants you to return home safely.
By having the safety mindset, not only the pedestrian will be more careful in the future, they will also remind their's loved ones to be more careful. This can be achieve through different methods to target different age groups. For the younger population, we can educate and highlight to them on through conducting talks in their schools. As for those working adult, we can publicizing through videos on social media, television, with content on how it will be like when an accident hits you and real-life stories.
References
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/floor-lights-help-smartphone-zombies-keep-eye-on-the-road
http://www.worksafemt.com/safety/safety-important/the-importance-of-safety/
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