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Japan city aims to ban phone use while walking

People using smartphones has rapidly increased and so have the number of accidents

Published: June 01, 2020 16:23 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 035158-01-08-1591013941102 — It is a scene repeated the world over: pedestrians glued to their phones while walking, causing collisions and sometimes accidents. No more, says one Japanese city. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-26T044037Z_514702323_RC24WG9Y5WYW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-JAPAN-MASKS-1591013922620 — Officials in Yamato city, near Tokyo, on Monday submitted a bill to the city assembly to stop people from using their phones while walking. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 003950-01-08-1591013914412 — "The number of people using smartphones has rapidly increased and so have the number of accidents" in the densely populated area, city official Masaaki Yasumi told AFP. | People walk across the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-25T070805Z_1920617184_RC2JVG92N8LP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-JAPAN-1591013929203 — "We want to prevent that," he said, adding if passed it would be the first such ban in Japan. | A passerby wearing a protective face mask walks on the street in Tokyo. Image Credit: Reuters

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20200601 mobile phone — But Yasumi said there will be no punishment for those unable to tear themselves away from their screens in the street. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-25T072728Z_823671653_RC2JVG9QU48T_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-OLYMPICS-JAPAN-1591013932401 — "We hope the ban will raise more awareness about the dangers," he said. Posters and messages will inform citizens of the rule, expected to take effect from next month. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-26T010228Z_607721108_RC21WG9T814W_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-JAPAN-TOKYO-1591013918474 — In 2014, research by Japanese mobile giant NTT Docomo estimated a pedestrian's average field of vision while staring down at a smartphone is five percent of what our eyes take in normally. | People wearing face masks cross a street in Tokyo. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 008542-01-08-1591013935854 — The company ran a computer simulation of what would occur if 1,500 people used the hectic Shibuya pedestrian crossing in Tokyo while all looking at their smartphones. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 003949-01-08-1591013911678 — The results showed that two-thirds would not make it to the other side without incident, with 446 collisions, 103 people being knocked down and 21 dropping their phones. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 035156-01-08-1591013938386 — The number of accidents between people using phones while riding a bicycle and pedestrians is also increasing in Japan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 003059-01-08-1591013907320 — In some cases, victims' families demand up to 100 million yen ($1 million) in compensation. | A woman using his phone walks across a zebra crossing in Tokyo. Image Credit: AFP

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