US parks hope ‘selfie stations’ can help prevent deaths, overcrowding
surge in popularity, rangers hope that they can ease overcrowding and prevent accidents through “selfie stations.”The wooden stands are cheap, easy to install and simultaneously promote safety by offering designated locations, officials said.“They’re nice, sturdy, cedar stations,” Iowa Country Conservation System leader Tom Hazelton told The Guardian of the over one hundred selfie stations that have been installed across the state. “They are getting used and they are low maintenance and easy to build: the signs are $30 and the wood is another $60 and there you go.” Iowa has been installing the stations for some time and, on the heels of their proven success, recently installed 15 more.