Man fined with speaker call at the French station

A man says he was fined with € 200 (£ 166) for making a speaker call at a train station in France.

The man, called only as David, told the French station BFM TV that he was in a call with his sister at the Nantes station on Sunday when an SNCF employee, the French rail company, approached him.

David said they told him that it would be fined with € 150 if he did not turn off the speaker, a fine that, according to him, increased to € 200 because he did not pay it on the spot. Since then he has hired a lawyer to dispute the penalty.

SNFC has not yet responded to a request for comments from BBC News.

The state train company confirmed the fine at the French exit It seemedBut he played some details of the passenger account.

David reported that he was 54 years old, said he initially hung the phone when they told him about the fine, thinking it was a joke, BFM TV reported.

SNCF described a growing interaction between the passenger and its staff member before the fine was issued.

According In sightThe incident occurred on Sunday.

Although there is no national law in France that prohibits the use of mobile phones in speakers in public places, there are noise control regulations.

According to the French transport code, those who use “devices or sound instruments” or “disturb the peace of others by noise” in the areas used for public transport could face a fine.

Opinion surveys suggest that speaking out loud in a public place is among the behaviors that are considered more unacceptable when it comes to telephone calls.

In a survey of 2,005 adults in Great Britain last year, Yagov enclosure found 86% felt that the use of speaker in a shared environment was unacceptable, while 88% felt the same to speak aloud.

With such strong feelings, countries around the world have different approaches to monitor the problem.

Some trains operators in the United Kingdom offer “quiet coaches” or “quiet areas”: carriages where passengers are encouraged to maintain the low noise level. For example, the London Northeast Railroad asks passengers to travel in such coaches to ensure that the music they are listening to cannot be heard through their headphones and move if they want to make or receive a call.

The Italian train operator Trenitalia offers a similar service on the Frequerossa Train. Passengers “who want to travel in total relaxation and far from the noise pollution of cell phones” can travel in a “silent area” in commercial transport.

In Japan, where there are strict cultural norms around public behavior, talk on the phone while it is in a train is considered poor and advised strongly.

The train label guidelines broadcast on the West Japan Railway Company website ask passengers not to speak out loud on the train and place their phones in silent mode, as well as refrain from making and accept calls while they are On the train.

“Talking out loud inside trains is a nuisance for nearby passengers,” he says.

Meanwhile, the Busan Transport Corporation located in the city of Busan in South Korea, advises passengers to put their phone in vibration mode and “have silence in silence” under a guide to the rail label published in its site web.