Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”...
by ace2358 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:55AM
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It gets even worse when some cars put the indicator shaft on the left of the steering wheel and others put it on the right haha
Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”...
by dotancohen on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:33AM
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As a speaker of a Right-To-Left language, I see this all the time in software. Some software change the UI direction when switching to Hebrew, some don't. And culturally, it seems that Arabic users _do_ prefer the UI to be switched, but Hebrew users do not.
Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”...
by lostlogin on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:32AM
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Pamper roundabout and Royal Oak roundabouts in Auckland are interesting.
Royal Oak has an ice cream parlour with a good view of the carnage.
Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”...
by abenga on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:12AM
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The wiper thing is marque dependent, even within countries. I live in East Africa, drive on the left. German cars (I've driven a few) seem to have wiper stalks on the right and indicator control on the left. Toyotas (and I guess other Japanese cars) I've driven have it on the opposite side. Whenever I drive a friend's car, I always hit the wipers a few times at the beginning of a trip before I acclimatize.
Anecdote 1) In NZ I saw a car in the middle of a busy roundabout, wipers on, passengers visibly confused and crying.
Anecdote 2) A kayak guide also mentioned, that if you see someone entering a roundabout, windshield wiping, on a sunny day, you just wait and let them do their thing.
Anecdote 3) After a month in NZ I came back to Germany and actually muscle memory let me to use wipers instead of indicators on the autobahn when changing lanes. Oof.