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“The Japanese railway system's pointing-and-calling method (shisa kanko) reduces errors by up to 85% and cuts accidents by 30%.”

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Shinohara et al. 2013, International Journal of Industrial ErgonomicsDOI registry: valid

Research on pointing-and-calling confirms attentional and motor-cognitive engagement mechanisms that support error reduction in procedural tasks.

Japan Institute of Occupational Safety and Health / RTRIsource alive

RTRI research (c. 1994) reportedly found error rates dropped from ~2.38% to ~0.38% with pointing-and-calling combined, approximately 84% reduction. Original Japanese-language publication.

Wikipedia: Pointing and Callingsource alive

MTA New York City Transit adopted pointing-and-calling in 1996 for subway conductors and reported reductions in door-related incidents.

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