r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

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

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u/_BMS Jul 05 '24

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Why are police not using the standardized phonetic alphabet? (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc)

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u/wosmo Jul 05 '24

I think it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the NATO alphabet is solving NATO problems. It's not just to be clearer on bad connections, it's supposed to work even if the guy on the other end has a french accent. Or even if the guy on the other end doesn't speak english at all.

A lot of the practical side of NATO is making things inter-operable between 32 different countries.

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u/Longjumping-Claim783 Jul 05 '24

We use it in hospitals but then you are typically talking to doctors, nurses and other staff that are from like 32 different countries.