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Why isn't railroad transportation already fully automated?

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I could make trains run automatically, but for the moment I won't. Maybe in the future, but I don't know, I don't like the idea. The problem is the things we load in passenger trains. Humans. They are curious, impatient and vulnerable. Bad combination. read more

But since the driver has to be there, they might as well drive, because just as Owen wrote: "If there isn't enough for these people to do, then they get bored and lose focus." I design and develop information systems for train drivers. read more

We have all the tech needed to make autonomous trains. The problem isn't technology. It's line of sight, and the massive distances trains need to identify and react to obstacles and bring a few hundred tons of steel and cargo to a stop safely. read more

By the end of 2013, there were 48 fully automated public metro systems in use in 32 countries, according to the International A ssociation of Public Transport (UITP), an advocacy group that promotes public transit. read more

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