Japan A Shinkansen high-speed driver was disciplined because of its arbitraries to go to the bathroom to the toilet, despite the ship carrying 160 guests and moved 150km / h.
The 36-year-old driver, has not been identified identified, has been discovered to leave the steering compartment and thanks to the passport to go to the toilet.
The incident happened over the weekend, when the high-speed train was carrying 160 passengers at a speed of 150km / h and moving along Tokaido route.
Train Station in Tokyo, Japan, at Peak in 2020. Photo: AFP.
According to the Japanese railway regulation, if the high-speed train driver feels there is a health problem to immediately tell the Operation and Control Center for the person with enough expertise or stop at the nearest station to be
However, the train drove itself to the toilet to explain that he didn't want to "lose time" when he had to stop at the next station and then felt embarrassed if he had to report his stomach.
Masahiro Hayatsu, a senior official of JR Central, the unit operators a high-speed train, apologized to apologizing and affirming the action of a violation of a discipline "very inappropriate".
Japanese high-speed train has an amazingly ongoing departure rate with extremely impressive safety when not to occur any death due to baking or colliding since in operation in 1964.