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Lithuania’s phone-addicted pedestrians will have to do without mobile devices when they cross streets under a new regulation approved on 3 October as the Baltic country seeks to curb traffic deaths. “Pedestrians must not use mobile devices before stepping onto the street or walking across it,” transport minister Rokas Masiulis told a cabinet meeting that was broadcast live. [caption id=“attachment_4967291” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Representational image.[/caption] Starting next month, crossing the street while talking on or checking a phone could cost Lithuanians a fine of up to 40 euros ($46). Honolulu introduced a similar law last year, though the state capital of Hawaii only banned viewing a mobile device during crossings, not talking on the phone. Last year, 68 pedestrians were killed by cars or motorcycles in Lithuania, a eurozone member of 2.8 million people. The rate of Lithuanian pedestrian deaths is the third worst in the European Union, after Romania and Latvia, according to the latest official data.
Pedestrians in Lithuania cannot use mobiles before stepping onto the street, walking across it.
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