Cell Phone Rules on Japanese Trains

Railway companies in the in the Kanto and Kansai areas (Japan) have established common cell phone rules to ensure courtesy amongst passengers and also to prevent medical equipment, such as pacemakers used by people with heart problems, from malfunctioning, reports NEAsia.

The rules call on passengers to switch off their mobile phones near the special seats for the aged and disabled. It also requires them to keep their mobile phones in the manner mode and refrain from talking on the phone in other places.

Among the rules made by railway companies, those of subway companies are particularly strict.

Nearly half of them call on passengers to keep their mobile phones off while in the trains.

In some subway stations, an antenna is installed at the platform, and mobile phones sometimes can receive strong radio signals when the train comes out of the tunnel.

emily | 6:53 PM | Cell Phone Etiquette |
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