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This is an interesting picture on the article for the pointing and calling strategy, most famously used on Japanese railways to keep workers alert.

Outside of Asia, this is also done in the New York and Toronto subways.

Image by SoHome Jacaranda Lilau, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

pointing and calling reduced mistakes by almost 85 percent when doing a simple task

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
[–] bmpvy@feddit.org 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's interesting af. Does anyone know if they do this in germany as well? I only know the flag waving method for planes and the whistle for trains.

[–] ExhibiCat@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 months ago

That must be the speed at which their flux capacitor activates

[–] mylampisawesome@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Here’s a fun video about the NYC subway and pointing.

https://youtu.be/i9jIsxQNz0M