{"id":94902,"date":"2017-10-31T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=94902"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:44:48","slug":"your-smartphone-might-be-about-to-get-you-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/your-smartphone-might-be-about-to-get-you-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Your smartphone might be about to get you in trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is trouble in paradise, and it is all because of a smartphone-fueled regression into stupidity<\/strong>. In a bid to try and prevent people from staring at their phones while crossing the road,<\/strong> the Hawaiian city of Honolulu has started fining people up to $99. First offenders will have to pony up $35, but second and third offenses shoot up to $75 and $99, respectively.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t just mobile phones in their crosshairs, either. As the bill states:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device\u2026text messaging device, paging device, personal digital assistant, laptop computer, video game, or digital photographic device.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can listen to music and you can even talk on your phone,<\/strong> but you must not look\u00a0at any type of screen when you\u2019re crossing the road<\/strong>. There are some exceptions, such as emergency workers checking on calls they\u2019ve received; but Facebook is out of the question, and don\u2019t even think about Twitter.<\/p>\n

Our Softonic Solutions users are talking about the best bluetooth handsfree kits<\/a>. Join the conversation now!<\/strong><\/p>\n

How would you feel if somebody fined you $35 for reading a text message?<\/strong>\u00a0Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is trouble in paradise, and it is all because of a smartphone-fueled regression into stupidity. In a bid to try and prevent people from staring at their phones while crossing the road, the Hawaiian city of Honolulu has started fining people up to $99. First offenders will have to pony up $35, but second … Continue reading “Your smartphone might be about to get you in trouble”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":94903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-94902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t