In den meisten japanischen Städten wird eine Seite der Rolltreppe zum Stehen und die andere zum Gehen genutzt. Die Kommunen haben aus Sicherheitsgründen versucht, die Menschen dazu zu bringen, auf beiden Seiten zu stehen, aber überraschenderweise hält sich ihre neue Regelung einfach nicht durch.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7fa60f98f83cdd37572342c04d9bf1f085d75d1d
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Well it is not surprising at all. The current unspoken system works well. People who want to stand can do so on one side, leaving space for those who want to walk. Everyone is happy. Why attempt to fix something that is not broken?
Surprisingly? They should know damn well it wasn’t going to work.
Because the new rule sucks. It just makes everything crowded and slower. Last week I saw everyone adhering to the rule and using both sides and it just caused a congestion I have never seen in rush hours in the station I use everyday to commute.
I don’t know exactly why I only saw people using both sides once, but it was enough to see it sucks.
Maybe if they didn’t go at old people speed, less people would walk up them.
How about increase the damn speed of the elevators. Of course people are going to walk up them when they go at a turtle’s pace.
Besides, elevators are literally moving stairs.
Do you just avoid walking up a staircase because it’s “too dangerous”?
I always take the stairs when available. Something irks me about healthy people standing on escalators.
The rule and ignoring it are old news.
I did this with me and my wife side by side and the foreigners just walked right past us. Looked American/Europeon. I was saying to them as they walked past, „You can’t do that!“ But whatever.
When I’m not in a rush I don’t mind waiting for the left. When I’m in a rush, I’d like to pass on the right. It’s what matters most to people, not “throughput” or “safety”
Walking up one side is perfectly safe, probably just rattles the old timers. I’ll never stop.
The real safety issue with Japan escalators is with people leaving no buffer space behind the person in front of them. So when they get off the escalator and there are inevitably a bunch of additional people crowding around to go to the next floor, it creates an overflow condition where you have nowhere to go and bump into or fall over the person in front of you. I’ve experienced this several times at the local Yodobashi Camera and you have to move quick to avoid falling over someone.
For the times when I’m cruising on the escalator, I always leave a gap of at least two steps behind the person in front, and ideally three steps for busy stores.
What mass escalator casualties have occurred for them to push for a change? Like of all the risky day-to-day occurrences, that seems pretty low priority.
Which side is for sliding down?
The confusing thing is what side they stand on – Nagoya and Osaka are different, from memory
If you really want to walk, why not… use the stairs?
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen people tripping while walking on escalators. Yeah, don’t expect me to help when you tumble down!
I have rarely seen anyone who doesn’t follow the one side rule, in any country. It’s the natural way to do it. This new rule is just going to make people late and angry
Very unsurprising. Japanese don’t as many believe strictly follow rules, they do whatever is the norm and what makes them fit in, whether that is by or against the rules doesn’t matter.
As for why they are pushing for people to use both sides, it’s not only because of safety reasons, I’d say that is very minor. it’s mainly because it’s bad for the escalator and causes it to break down and need more maintenance. Putting 90% of the weight on one side isn’t ideal.
Safety reasons? What a joke.