(keitai-l) Re: Mobile phones banned on trains?

From: Thomas O'Dowd <tom_at_uwillsee.com>
Date: 05/26/00
Message-ID: <20000526195844.B6592@garman.uwillsee.com>
On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 01:58:12PM -0300, Mika Tuupola wrote:
> http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/200005/26/news02.html
> 
> 	Found the article through Anima: Japanese Mobile News.
> 	The article talks about East Japan Railway Co. 
> 	banning usage of mobile phones while riding on trains.
> 	Now, I do understand banning on hospitals and movie theatres 
> 	etc. But on trains? What is reasoning behind this? 

One guess would be that people are so close that it might be a bad thing
for a passenger with a pacer. Another thought, is that you have to pretty
much admire the way the daily rush hour passangers put up with being
pushed and crammed in together and take it every morning. Phones ringing
and people talking on them might be making the blood boil that little bit
more... donno...

Tom.
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Thomas O'Dowd
tom@uwillsee.com
Received on Fri May 26 14:05:59 2000