Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoAnnouncements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down129
arrow-up1-6arrow-down1message-squareAnnouncements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarevatlark@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-213 hours agoMy favorite mnemonic: “We have some red port left” Left if you are facing direction of travel = port = the red light
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoThats a good one. Do you have horizontal traffic lights, or what is the connection to the red light?
minus-squarePat@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_light
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoOh, of course. Forgot about those. I only did some rowing on a canal for a year while studying. Sadly other than that, there is not much water nearby
minus-squarevatlark@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoGood 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.
minus-squareAirowird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoThink it’s referring to the red & green wing lights on planes
My favorite mnemonic: “We have some red port left”
Left if you are facing direction of travel = port = the red light
Thats a good one. Do you have horizontal traffic lights, or what is the connection to the red light?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_light
Oh, of course. Forgot about those. I only did some rowing on a canal for a year while studying. Sadly other than that, there is not much water nearby
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.
Think it’s referring to the red & green wing lights on planes