Hello, this is Minori Tango. I read an article "Walking phone users pose risk" in the Japan news Thursday May 30.
Summeay
As rapid spread of mobile phone, and especially
smartphones, today we see so many people using their smartphone while walking.
However such behavior can be considered as extremely dangerous. The numbers of
falls by mobile phone use at train stations have now reported 0.5% of the
total, but it is said that there are more falls which have not being reported. However
the danger is not limited to train platforms. An experiment revealed that the
horizontal field of vision was readied to one-third of what it normally was
when people are using smartphones. Therefore, such accidents will increase, as
smartphone use spreads further.
My opinion
I chose this article because I use my
smartphone so often and I have been concerning whether or not I use it too
much. And I think such problem applies to the majority of people, as smartphones
have become indispensable to our lives. Moreover, it is dangerous to walk with your eyes glued
to your smartphones but it can also cause another problem if you gradually
become addicted to using smartphones. For example, if you are using smartphones
all the time, you may be losing the creativity to think the variety way of spending
time. Therefore we should control how to use smartphones, and be careful not to be controlled by them.
Question
What do you think of today's trend of using smartphones all the time? And do you think of any other problems relating to the smartphone use?
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I totally agree with you. there are so many people, including me, addicted to a smartphone and cannot stop phoning even when they know they shouldn't, like during classe or standing near priority seats. those people are exactly controlled by the phones. it is not only dangerous but also leads moral degeneration too. we have to think how to get along with it once again.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Shoko and Minori.
ReplyDeletePeople are so addicted to their smartphones that their concentration rapidly decreases, resulting in involving to accidents and ignoring classes.
In America, I heard that people using their cellphones while driving is a serious problem that many accidents are occured throughout the states.
We need to have a self control on using these media, though it is not an easy-going solution.