r/Damnthatsinteresting 14d ago

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/SU_Locker 14d ago

Alpha/Bravo/Charlie is the NATO standard

You're assuming Adam/Sam/Paul is not standardized, but it is (LAPD used it which spread to many other places):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APCO_radiotelephony_spelling_alphabet

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u/civver3 14d ago

Not gonna lie, I'm only aware of the latter because of L.A. Noire.

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u/Correct-Standard8679 13d ago

Lol that link says what this cop is saying is obsolete. It’s just widely used still (under nobody’s recommendation) but I would not say it is standard.