Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBerlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groupswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down110
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minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·11 months agoI’m not sold on “driverless”. Even if it’s being monitored 24/7 by some dude in Brussels or whatever, there’s really no substitute for having someone PHYISCALLY on that train, in control, in case of an emergency or something.
minus-squarefaercol@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoThere’s been driverless subway for decades though, if it’s intracity travel (which seems the case here), then it makes sense. Maglev doesn’t, as many pointed out
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSomeone will have to be there still, but they can do more useful things than sit in a box staring at signals
I’m not sold on “driverless”. Even if it’s being monitored 24/7 by some dude in Brussels or whatever, there’s really no substitute for having someone PHYISCALLY on that train, in control, in case of an emergency or something.
There’s been driverless subway for decades though, if it’s intracity travel (which seems the case here), then it makes sense.
Maglev doesn’t, as many pointed out
Someone will have to be there still, but they can do more useful things than sit in a box staring at signals