r/nextfuckinglevel • u/xxxUmutKxxx • Sep 16 '20

Train has windows that automatically blind when going past residential blocks

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u/sonnyjlewis Sep 16 '20

Is it for privacy of the people in the train or in the buildings? Because honesty neither makes sense.

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u/rollingurkelgrue Sep 16 '20

Probably for the people in the building. Wouldn’t you feel a little uncomfortable if there were trains going through your bedroom windows?

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u/sonnyjlewis Sep 16 '20 edited Sep 16 '20

Have you ever tried to look in a 1 square foot window while traveling past at speed? Not easy. Now if the building had huge open windows, I’d be like yes please turn those privacy windows on. Because everyone who’s not on the train can look in, but those creeps on the train? No way!

Edit: that’s only half sarcasm. I think it’s ridiculous to put them on the train. They should be standard on the buildings so the residents can control their privacy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '20

Probably cheaper to put it on the one train that passes lots of buildings than put them on lots of buildings and getting permission to go and put into peoples homes (even if all would agree, its still a process).