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Why would millions of people in London listen to a little girl

author:Xinhua News Agency client

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 15 -- Do you think adults are listening carefully to children?

Not enough, I think they should listen to our ideas more.

Escalators have always been the "hidden danger area" of subway safety, although the safety tips are played on a loop every day, there are still "low-headed people" who are too focused on mobile phones falling and falling, resulting in accidents.

"Please hold the handrail when riding the escalator, pay attention to the safety of your feet", have you also become immune to the "nagging" of the announcer?

A tube station in London has found a clever solution.

As one of the busiest stations in the UK, according to statistics, about 15 passengers are injured a month at Victoria Metro Station while taking escalators.

No one thought that the person who helped solve the problem was a nine-year-old girl, Megan. Both of her parents work at subway stations.

Megan's father, Robin, said that one day he mentioned in small talk with colleagues that his wife would bring two children with her after work. Colleagues asked if Megan was interested in being a safety tip announcer, reminding pedestrians to pay attention to safety when taking the escalator. "I know Megan is an extrovert and she can do the job."

In this way, the subway tone recorded by Meghan has been playing at Victoria Station for 6 months. Transport for London says escalator injuries here have been reduced by about two-thirds.

Experts say people often think of a low adult voice as more authoritative, but a child's voice is more impactful.

I think children's voices grab everyone's attention, and adults tend to think about what they're saying.

Megan's voice will immediately catch your attention, and you will think "Oh, what happened?" "I think it's a great practice.

Why would millions of people in London listen to a little girl

London Tube Station Infographic. (Xinhua News Agency/AFP)

This is a subway with a story, about the voice broadcast, I don't know if you remember an old incident.

That was his first words to me, "Be safe under your feet."

His voice is our common memory.

"Mind the gap," the common reminder that accompanied countless passengers, to Margaret McClum, was a warm memory of love.

She often went to the Embankment subway station, just sat quietly, and was not in a hurry to get on the train, just waiting for the words that sounded when the door of the train entered the station opened, "Please pay attention to safety under your feet."

This sentence was recorded by her late husband Lawrence Oswald 40 years ago, and it was also the first thing he said to her when the two first met.

Later, the two fell in love, got married, and held hands for 15 years. When her husband died of illness in 2007, Margaret became a regular visitor to the embankment station.

It wasn't until November 2012, when London's public transport system changed voice broadcasts, that Margaret was sad to find that her husband's voice could no longer be heard at the location of her first encounter.

The staff of the London bus system was touched by Margaret's story, helped record Oswald's voice, delivered the CD to the elderly, and reset the voice into the subway broadcast system.

Later, Kingston filmed an advertisement according to the prototype of the story, and had a "Memory Platform" that touched countless people.

Memories never get out of the car. If you don't forget it, there will be an echo. (Reporter Wang Shen, video editor Sun Shuo, editor Wang Fengfeng)

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