(Translation by Tagood Japanese) Braille blocks (cement paving stones) also at railroad crossings. For the safety of people with a visual impairment.
In April last year, a visually impaired person died after being hit by a train at a railroad crossing in Nara Prefecture.
At the railroad crossing, there were no ’braille blocks’ for people with visual impairments to walk safely.
After the accident, the government changed the rules and decided to also install ’braille blocks’ at the railroad crossings.
They are starting to put them in places that are often used by the elderly and people with physical disabilities.
In Kashiba City, Nara Prefecture, on the 14th, braille blocks were installed at the railroad crossing near JR Kashiba Station.
They changed the shape of the ’braille blocks’ on the inner part and outer part of the railroad crossing to make them (visually impaired people)know that they are in the inner part of the railroad crossing (the part between the two tracks).
このような踏切は、奈良県では事故があった所に続いて2つ目です
This is the second railroad crossing like this in the Nara Prefecture, following the accident.
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