新快速 223系 姫路から大阪まで Part 2

[used115new223]

よくミュージックホーン鳴らす運転士さんですね。

[ChemistInJapan]

@used115new223 その方が好きですね。鳴らすとつい微笑みます。

[ChemistInJapan]

Why naive? I certainly didn't know until I asked someone. It's something they learn in training. A learned behavior, if you will. Outside of Tokyo, most parts of the country still use trackside signaling (as in a traffic light). As part of the confirmation the operator has looked as far down the track as he can and read the signal, they point and call out what it says. For instance, green=進行, yellow=注意, red=停車. Each one means something.

[jlandkev]

As naive as this question is ....sorry...why do I see the driver from time to time, pointing forward (with his fancy white glove). I've seen this while I've been on trains and often wondered who he is signaling to and what he is signaling.

[ChemistInJapan]

Younger/New drivers are very flamboyant about it, but the one's have have been doing it for a while are more reserved about it, like the operator in this video.

Hope that helps.