Regardless of where you are in the world, the clock above the driver on buses is never accurate.

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• jxk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m literally sitting in a coach as I read this. I jusst checked, and the time is correct.

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• Raffster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Swiss here. They are correct. Always.

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• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aren’t they GPS synchronized where you are? Most of the busses I’ve been in have a central time service.

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• remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, they pretty much accurate.

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• xep@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Computerised system here, clocks appear synced up to NTP

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• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The ones in the buses I use seems to be.

  I mean, they already track the bus using mobile network and GPS, why not sync the clock at the same time…

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  • notenoughfuel@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I should clarify that it is the red LED clock that is often incorrect. The LCD displays are usually sync.

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    • Griffus@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I remember those from back in the day. Where are so old buses still in use?

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The orange-red LED display used to display the next stop also display the time in between and it’s in sync…

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• Griffus@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Take the bus to and from the train station every day, and it’s been years or even decades since it wasn’t correct. That one bus from Oslo to Wacken in 2010 was just a line though, so it happens.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I saw digital clocks in NYC and Philly public transit. They’re accurate enough to be within 2 minutes of the cell network time.

  It’s good enough, I guess.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  HEHE… Hell the clocks in my house aren’t all synced.

  I can literally be fie minutes early or late just by what room I am in, in my house.

  I do wish I could stand up a time server at home.

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• Klear@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In how many places have you checked? They’re accured where I live.

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  • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    accured

    Bruh, if that’s how you think “accurate” is spelled, I’m not about to trust your ability to gauge the correctness of a clock!

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• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  🇧🇷 Your buses have clocks in them?

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• url@feddit.fr ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I never saw one accurate :)

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The TV never works either

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• VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  On coaches, they often aren’t unless they have some kinda centralised display system that displays stops.

  In local public transport busses, they usually are in my experience.

  I think the deciding point is whether the bus has a computerised display/pa system. If the driver has to set it manually through some archaic process, it’s bound to be forgotten.

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