GPS switch silences LIRR station announcements -- Defense, Kans...

You know that prerecorded voice you're always hearing on the Long Island Rail Road ? The one that announces the station you're approaching, with the familiar refrain, "As you leave the train, please watch the ...

[tjrover]

good. those announcements are so annoying anyway. especially in the morning when it tells you "THIS IS THE TRAIN TO PENN STATION" 5 bajillion times, both after pulling out of a station, right as the train pulls in and the doors open, as well as periodically throughout the ride. ANNOYING!

[David Abbey]

IF GPS stands for Global Positioning Systems, isn't GPS Systems redundant?

[Political Watch]

Let's see, the FAA wants to upgrade, and is presently testing, their entire air traffic control systems based on GPS controls for every plane and private plane to have in the future. Now, can anyone imagine someone throwing a "switch" on some other satellite(s) and causing havoc in the air based on GPS for nagivation?

[im not crazy after all]

last week at the merrick station, i heard announcements for wyandanch. When I asked others if they heard what I heard, most just responded that they weren't listening anyway. So I thought maybe I heard wrong, guess I was not crazy after all.

[150ohms]

Wow, the LIRR must have spent 10’s of millions of $$$ for this system, which saves the 1 guy on the train from having to announce the next station. And the do-hicky crashes and the poor fellow has to make announcements again.
I say give the train crew a raise.

[Barry_LIRR_Boy]

150ohms wrote:

Wow, the LIRR must have spent 10’s of millions of $$$ for this system, which saves the 1 guy on the train from having to announce the next station....

Perhaps LIRR can instruct the conductors to make station announcements and just throw out this technology, which has proven to be
too complex for the LIRR.

[HARD LOVE]

THE LIRR IS PAR TO NOTHING ! THE ONLY THING THATS HELPED RIDERES WAS THE ANNOUNCEMANT ! THIS WAS A GREAT AIS WHEN YOU WERE TIRED AND HALF A
SLEEP FROM A HARD DAYS WORK NOW IT'S
GONE ?
WELL NOTHING SPELLS SERVICE LIKE THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD !
L.I. BECOME A STATE AND REVAMP THAT RAIL SERVICE ASAP ! YOUR LIVES WILL BE IMPROVED BECAUSE OF THAT !

[150ohms]

Barry_LIRR_Boy wrote:

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Perhaps LIRR can instruct the conductors to make station announcements and just throw out this technology, which has proven to be
too complex for the LIRR.

You can never make something idiot proof, because someone will always build a better idiot..

[nightcrawler]

David Abbey wrote:

IF GPS stands for Global Positioning Systems, isn't GPS Systems redundant?

Is that the same as PIN number?

[WHAT A COUNTRY]

And how many people have fallen into the gap since the alerts stopped being broadcast? Did I hear somebody say ZERO!

[jonny john]

my money hard at work

i pay more to use the trains and get less

you know who doesn't get less, eliot sander, he gets a nice fat paycheck

over 300 K a year, what a disgrace

[Dave from RVC]

nightcrawler wrote:

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Is that the same as PIN number?

You mean the PIN number you use at the ATM machine?

[Dave from RVC]

Seriously, though - this is why people laugh when someone tries to shove down our throats a pie-in-the-sky idea such as Moynihan Station.

Sure, I want to see something more attractive than the underground rabbot warren many of us have to navigate each day (the current Pennsylvania Station). But more important is that the basics of service are all covered - clean, un-"broken" trains reaching our stations on time, and getting us to our destination on time. The rail systems still have A LOT of work to do on that, and a gorgeous new platform extension won't do the trick.

Speaking of misidentifying - why am I listed here as being in Freeport when I am in Rockville Centre? Maybe I have to check with my ISP provider. ;)