This city installed subway gates on the sidewalk to stop people jaywalking
Time for drastic measures.
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Yvette Tan
Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously
reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.
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Thoroughly sick of jaywalkers, the Chinese city of Wuhan has decided to go big and install subway-style gates on its sidewalks.
The gates remain closed when the red light is on, preventing pedestrians from dashing across the road, reports state media outlet, People's Daily.
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But netizens aren't exactly convinced the idea makes sense.
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"I don't know what to say, do we need to go to such drastic measures?" said one netizen on social media platform Weibo.
"I think someone will still find a way to get past [the turnstile]," one added.
"Someone might take away the turnstile and sell it for scrap metal," another user joked.
Yvette Tan
Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.
