NEWS ON JAPAN



A metro operator set up a monitoring device and announcement system to single out individual commuters caught using their smartphones while walking near escalators or passing trains.
 
See the video :
 
https://youtu.be/9UieO6eqBfE
 
Texting while walking, smartphone walking, however you'd like to put it, is a huge problem in Japan and much of the developed world as we increasingly become emotionless robots practically neurally connected to our handheld devices.
  Accidents can and do happen to people distracted by their smartphones in places like crosswalks and, especially, train stations, where myriad hazards like passing trains, escalators and other people demand explicit attention.

While most train operators in Japan have been combating the dangerous trend with signs and posters advising the dangers of "aruki sumaho," the Kansai area's Hanshin Electric Railways has taken it a step further with this clever commercial.

The commercial begins with producers setting up a camera system and microphones on a train platform. Then, the team lies in wait; watching for unwary commuters using their smartphones while walking.