City in Japan proposes new law banning phone use while walking

Tokyo : The Japanese government has banned its citizens from viewing mobile phone screens while walking to prevent any accidents, which will currently apply in the city of Yamato.

According to the details, for the first time in Japan, people have been banned from viewing the screen of a mobile phone while walking. The ban is currently being implemented in Yamato, a city near the capital Tokyo.

According to a foreign news agency, there will be no fines or penalties for violating the new law, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of viewing mobile screens while walking.

As soon as you get off at Yamato’s train station, the announcement is heard: “Smartphones are prohibited while walking, use your phones when you are not walking.”

The railway station has instructions on all sides to inform about the new law. Banners read that it is forbidden to look at the screen of a mobile phone while walking in a street, park or any public center.

A large number of citizens have supported the new law, which includes the elderly as well as the young. In this city of 240,000, only a handful of people have been seen violating the new law.

Kenzo Mori, a 64-year-old resident, told AFP that most people are using mobile phones instead of looking at the environment while walking, people think they can’t live without looking at their mobile and It is important to stay in touch with friends.

Erica Anna, a 17-year-old resident of Yamato, said the ban should not have required the law, but that people should be careful. The habit of looking at the screen while walking is dangerous.

According to a study by Japanese mobile company NTT, 95% of mobile phone viewers on foot are people who cannot see in front of their eyes due to their focus on the screen, which increases the risk of accidents. Has gone

The study cited the example of pedestrians at Tokyo’s busiest station, saying that if all 1,500 people crossed the street and looked at their mobile screens, two-thirds of them would have had an accident.

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