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Driverless trains are still only used on a minority of railways, and typically only on networks specifically designed for them. I would be very hesitant to supp
by seabass-labrax 2y ago
Driverless trains are still only used on a minority of railways, and typically only on networks specifically designed for them. I would be very hesitant to support driverless buses with the currently available level of artificial intelligence: buses run on roads of various surfaces and dimensions, navigate around unpredictable diversions and share traffic with hundreds of other road users in a frighteningly complex system.
Plus, even once you've designed a system that can do all that safely, you'll still need staff on board if you want to collect fare revenue.
- redox99 2y agoWaymo is pretty safe already and there's no reason to think technology won't keep improving. Fare evasion is an interesting point. Of course you can't completely avoid it, as it happens on rail too. But you could install a turnstile on the bus.
- whimsicalism 2y agoin sf, even very wealthy people frequently fare evade bc enforcement is close to nonexistent