@wibo@lemmy.worldcake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 10 months agoif trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?message-square55fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down147
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareif trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?@wibo@lemmy.worldcake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-square@PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink19•10 months agoIn addition to the whole ‘a car is diffent from a train’ aspect; trains don’t always ‘honk’ in the US
minus-squareSquare Singerlinkfedilink6•10 months agoNeither do they here (Austria) even though my driving instructor was adamant that they do. “You can trust that if there’s no honk, there is no train.” Thanks, driving instructor, but I’d rather go with “if there is no train, then there is no train”.
In addition to the whole ‘a car is diffent from a train’ aspect; trains don’t always ‘honk’ in the US
Neither do they here (Austria) even though my driving instructor was adamant that they do. “You can trust that if there’s no honk, there is no train.”
Thanks, driving instructor, but I’d rather go with “if there is no train, then there is no train”.