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notenoughfuel@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

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

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

notenoughfuel@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

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

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    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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      I should clarify that it is the red LED clock that is often incorrect. The LCD displays are usually sync.

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

  • Raffster@lemmy.world
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    Swiss here. They are correct. Always.

  • jxk@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m literally sitting in a coach as I read this. I jusst checked, and the time is correct.

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    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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    Computerised system here, clocks appear synced up to NTP

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works
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    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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    🇧🇷 Your buses have clocks in them?

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    The TV never works either

  • Griffus@lemmy.zip
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    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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