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Self-driving cars - and the future of passenger railways?
On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:45:57 +0000, Someone Somewhere
wrote: On 24/03/2016 15:10, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Recliner wrote: I'm pretty sure the doors open automatically when an automatically-driven LU train stops. The operator's job is only to close the doors, after which the train departs automatically, runs automatically, stops automatically, and opens the doors automatically. I've checked with a friend who works for LU, and although the functionality to do so exists within the Seltrac and TBTC systems, it's not currently enabled, due to unions not agreeing to this. Why not? And why does the union get a say in such things? The union represents the people who get splashed with the blood and gore if the latest bright idea gets introduced without sufficient testing and training. (or in BT's case a few years back representing the people who would have been poisoned by cyanide fumes if the "cunning plan" of heat-welding cables into bundles had gone ahead) Is there some sort of extra payment based on number of button presses? |
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