Re: Driverless trains in USA

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

Nearly all incidents of a serious nature are directly attributed by the
GUARD masquerading as a driver!!
"Marvin The Martian" <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> > Remove NOSPAM from email address.
>