In message , at 13:47:40 on Thu,
16 Mar 2006, John Rowland
remarked:
That won't work, because by the time the hundred vehicles behind the lead
one have gone through that process, the first will be well past whatever
it was braking for.

No, because it will be braking for a station at which it has known for
several minutes that it would be stopping.

It's more likely to be braking for a queue at the next station because
one of the pods a few dozen ahead has a little old lady with a very
heavy bag she can't unload easily. So it's not quite as predictable as
you suggest.
--
Roland Perry