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submitted 1 month ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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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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[–] ExhibiCat@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

That must be the speed at which their flux capacitor activates