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You need to keep the bus "captain", because half of a bus driver's job is helping old people figuring out which bus to take and where to go and keeping the pass
by dxuh 4y ago
You need to keep the bus "captain", because half of a bus driver's job is helping old people figuring out which bus to take and where to go and keeping the passengers in check (to prevent vandalism, throw out rowdies or even call the police if there is violence among the passengers, etc.). Occasionally it does not feel safe to take the bus as it is and without a driver to call the police if something happens, that would be the case much more often.
And if you need to keep at least one employee in the bus, why would you take them off the wheel and very likely increase the risk of an accident, while also making it more complicated legally in case an accident happens. I don't see a gain, unless the end game is to get rid of employees inside the bus altogether in which case the service quality would decrease drastically, because that half of the bus driver's job I talked about earlier is ignored completely.
Maybe it's a good fit in that specific case with the "pre-selected roads", but I am legitimately concerned about this technology being adopted widespread (esp. in the cities) and I don't like the thought of it.
- badkitty99 4y ago
- avianlyric 4y ago> And if you need to keep at least one employee in the bus, why would you take them off the wheel Driver can help passengers if they’re driving. I could imagine a world where you move the employee to the middle of the Bus and have them help with passenger loading/unloading and providing ticketing and help while the vehicle is in motion. This is something you see on the trams in Amsterdam, they have a conductor in booth in the middle of the tram that can sell tickets etc. That way trams don’t need to wait at stops while the driver is selling tickets and dealing with customer queries. As a passenger it means you can ask about what stop to get off without distracting the driver.
- mijamo 4y agoDepends of the place I guess. In some places bus drivers will absolutely never help you with anything but will mostly be useful for the company to make sure the fare is paid. You can even have foreigner driving buses that don't even speak the local language in some places. In yet other places drivers are explicitly not responsible for anything but driving to ensure their own safety, and are sometimes even physically separated from the public. Helping customers can also be made through intercoms at stations (some cities already have that). Also note that you have fully autonomous metro without any driver in many cities and a metro contains much more people that can have the problems you mention, so I don't see why it would be impossible to have a bus in the same way.