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  • A single alarm via an app works just fine to wake me up, that isn’t my issue.

    Multiple alarms in a day is because I use alarms as reminders as well. ‘Remember to do x on y date at z time’. I can get quite fixated on tasks and forget to take breaks on time.

    All I need is a replacement app where I can set alarms on a recurring schedule and/or at a specific date. The standard clock/alarm app that’s been on my various phones has been great until the current version decided to make this change, dismissing multiple unrelated alarms all at once instead of just the one that’s actually about to go off.

    Now I’m looking for an equivalent alternative and seeing what peoples recommendations are for that.






  • Instead of addressing the horn sound itself, I’ve addressed the underlying need/desire for it.

    Addding a sorry button wouldn’t make things safer or chill tempers, it’d just empower more people to make dangerous moves; playing it off as fine because ‘I pressed the sorry button, people should be ok with me endangering them’

    The rules of the road exist for good reason. When people don’t follow them, it effects more than just themselves and has cost many people their lives through no fault of their own.

    Be a better driver; don’t make others pay for your poor planning and judgement.

    Even OP appears to agree with this, given their reply and upvote on my comment.


    A good example of why humanity is doomed: people are shackled to their reflexive need to jerk off their egos at any and every opportunity they see rather than focus on thinking.

    An interesting double-standard you have there.

    Implying I’m somehow a bad person for pointing out and discussing the consequences of these choices instead of just patting OP on the back and agreeing with their desire - without actually providing any meaningful counter argument to what I’ve said.


  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.catoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•A sorry horn for cars
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    “A bad driver never misses their exit”

    Sometimes you make a mistake and miss your exit or end up in the wrong lane. That’s on you. Re-route, follow the lane you’re in, take the next safe turn/exit/lane change to get back on track; you don’t just cut in line, forcing others to correct for your own mistakes. That’s a great way to create unsafe conditions, end up in accidents, and hurt people. It’s not just about peoples ego/anger, it’s genuinely dangerous.

    Your father doesn’t need a ‘sorry’ button, he needs to correct his poor driving behaviour and not endanger himself, you, or others on the road.







  • Knowing there’s hazardous materials on board, and knowing they’ve been loaded/secured safely are two different things.

    Again, not always the case; but of the ~15 different warehouses I’ve worked in, about 2/3 of them had the driver either loading the truck themselves or directly supervising the loading and giving directions of where/how they want it loaded.

    Shipping containers are a little different; typically loaded and sealed with serialised one-time use seals at the warehouse, without driver involvement. But box trucks and flatbeds going directly to customer(s) are more often than not over seen by the driver that’s doing the final deliveries. Particularly when the driver is offloading at each destination.

    At least in my direct experience, in my region. Different places, different standards and practices.


  • I’d assume the vans are all parked in a lot; when the driver gets in, they’ll grab an available/assigned van, back it into a bay/dock, load up, and go.

    The crew in the warehouse is just responsible for sorting it onto a pallet/bin or two, ready to be loaded.


    I’ve never worked for a parcel courier specifically; but I’ve done a fair amount of distribution center work (warehouses that deliver product to businesses).

    The drivers are often responsible for loading their own truck/trailer (not always, but more often than the other way around). Then they can see exactly what they’ve got, keeping an eye out for hazardous materials or uneven loads. It’s their responsibility to ensure a safe load after all; mainly as they’re the one that’ll have to deal with problems on the road.

    ‘I wasn’t the one to load the truck, I didn’t know there was a hazard’ doesn’t usually go well with emergency services or inspectors out on the road.