Panel Round One
NPR
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or
Flash plugin.
Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Lane Violation.
Transcript
PETER SAGAL, HOST:
We want to remind everyone they can join us most weeks back at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois. For tickets or more information, go to wbez.org or you can find a link at our website, waitwait.npr.org.
Right now panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Luke, a huge number of people are injured every year while looking at their cell phones while walking. And one city in China is finally trying to do something about it. What?
LUKE BURBANK: They have created special lanes on the sidewalk that are marked for people who are on their dang phones.
SAGAL: That exactly right, Luke. Very good.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
SAGAL: According to new reports, worldwide distracted walking leads to more than 1,500 emergency room visits per year with injuries ranging from broken bones to concussions. But in 100 percent of these cases, the victim totally deserved it.
(LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Things are getting so bad that one city in China has actually created, as you said, a cell phone only lane. This way cell phone users stay out of the way of other people on the sidewalk and also they get great exercise when they look up from their damned phones and realize they just walked three miles past their apartments.
(LAUGHTER)
BURBANK: The controversial part is that the cell phone lane just leads to the edge of a volcano.
(LAUGHTER)
BURBANK: But them's the breaks.
(APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: Coming up, take a load off Fanny, it's our Bluff The Listener game. Call 1-888-WAIT-WAIT to play. Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. And CarMax, offering more than 35,000 used cars and trucks. Online and in stores from coast to coast. Learn more at carmax.com. Source America, researching and developing customized employment options for people with significant disabilities - sourceamerica.org. And CBS, with the new drama "Madam Secretary" starring Tea Leoni premiering this Sunday after "60 Minutes" on CBS. We'll be back in a minute with more of WAIT WAIT ...DON'T TELL ME from NPR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
View this story on npr.org
Follow us for more stories like this
CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today.
Donate Today