Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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• nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s not a terminology that most people understand, and would only confuse everyone more, matey. 🏴‍☠️

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• Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You don’t pull up to a port in a train, you pull up to a station. Stationboard doesnt work as well and wont be widely known.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean it’s not like ships pull up tu a start, unless they are spaceships that is.

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  • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It can be simply starboard and larboard.

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  • Asinus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    True. That’s a flaw with the english words.

    Yet the exit would always be on the stationboard side (left or right). So you would never know which side of the train to exit.

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• lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I suspect most people think port and starboard are just synonyms for left and right. I did for a very long time. And you also have to consider non-native speakers who might not know the nautical terms at all.

  The trains where I live say “on my right” and “on my left”. It sounds a little weird hearing an automated voice speaking in the first person, but it’s concise and gets the message across to people who won’t know nautical terms.

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• sanderium@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m an enthusiast sailor and this is a terrible idea.

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• vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My favorite mnemonic: “We have some red port left”

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  • Asinus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thats s good one. Do you have horizontal traffic lights, or what is the connection to the red light?

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    • Pat@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_light

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    • vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Good point, the lights on a boat or airplane (probably not a train) are red on the left and green on the right. Not sure how international that is.

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    • Airowird@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Think it’s referring to the red & green wing lights on planes

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• FRYD@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where I’m from, nothing announces the exits. There’s just a pair of doors opposite each other and you go out whatever one opens. I’ve never even thought about it before. Is there a reason it needs to be clarified on your trains?

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  • Asinus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m not sure. It has always been done like this here.

    I think it’s just a convenience thing. Might be useful in crowded trains, so people know which doors they should not stand in front of.

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    • slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s super important in Japan where jam packed trains are common during rush hours. They typically announce in Japanese and English, and may even have a visual displayed.

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  • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In my city people often stand with bikes out strollers in the door area. Out sometimes it’s just really packed. When the opening side is announced, those that stand in the way can already make way (if they are considerate to their fellows) or know that they can relax and don’t need to move.

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