Re: Driverless trains in USA

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

There would be less accidents and delays due to driver error in San Francisco
than in Sydney.

Taliesin Walker wrote:

> > Does this mean in
> >years to come that the only guys on Sydney trains will be the Chubb guys
> >who hide up the back of the train.
> >
> Not in my opinion. It would be difficult to central control trains
> when they operate on track with level crossings, pedestrain crossings
> and freight trains. It seems to me that you would always need someone
> up the front to respond immediately to an emergancy, so why bother
> spending any money automate the system in the first place?
>
> Tali
>
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