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Complex non digital signals. My neighbor is a train conductor and he had an accident because he missed a signal. He almost died and had to be cut out of the cab
by geek_at 4y ago
Complex non digital signals. My neighbor is a train conductor and he had an accident because he missed a signal. He almost died and had to be cut out of the cabin. Some passengers were also hurt. Imagine the outcry when a ai train would do that.
Other than that isn't there in London a autonomous train? I remember riding that in 2005 or so
- bencollier49 4y agoThe DLR (Docklands Light Railway) is autonomous, but it's a pretty slow light rail system. I think that automation is possible because it was built de novo and doesn't interface with the rest of the rail network.
- Closi 4y agoThe DLR is semi-autonomous. It has the ability to act autonomously, but it must be started with a button and has an attendant on-board that also fulfills other duties and can be there in the case of an incident.
- rpadovani 4y agoIndeed, it has a grade of automation of 3 (out of 4), so it is driverless, but not unattended (as that is level 4)
- iggldiggl 4y agoAccording to this article (https://railinsider.co.uk/2020/10/27/making-london-underground-driverless-is-financially-unjustifiable-tfl-report-states/ https://railinsider.co.uk/2020/10/27/making-london-undergrou...), it occasionally has to even fall back to effectively level 2 operation (i.e. operator at the front of the train) because increased passenger usage makes level 3 operation as originally built (no platform edge doors or obstacle detection systems) unsafe at certain stations during peak times.
- bluGill 4y agoAutomated trains wouldn't do that because we can design signals so that they cannot be missed (that is if you don't have positive go/no-go you stop in time) Automated trains do have difficulties, but they are very different from the ones you see with human drivers.