By Bianca London
Daily Mail
Speedy shoppers will no longer get stuck behind people who dawdle or stop to check their phones - thanks to the UK’s first-ever pedestrian fast lane.
Argos has painted new markings on the pavement outside its Liverpool store after research revealed almost half the nation found the slow pace of high streets to be their biggest shopping bugbear.
The new lane, being trialed this week in the Liverpool One shopping complex, hopes to help pick up the pace for those who are hurrying by bypassing the crowds.
New statistics show 31 per cent of people find pavement hoggers frustrating, while more than a quarter (27 per cent) get annoyed by dawdling pedestrians.
Dr Alastair Moore, an independent retail expert, said: ‘Perusing the high street is one of my favorite past times but I do have my own shopping bugbears, from middle of the street chattering to battling through the crowds.
‘As the research demonstrates, a faster high street could vastly improve the overall shopping experience for British shoppers across the UK.
‘The pedestrianised fast track lane is a great way of making this possible and with nearly 30 million Brits saying they’d like one on their own high street, the pilot is set to be a success.’
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