• Peter1986c
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      Less degrees of freedom so the decision-making process is a lot easier for the onboard systems.

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        Adding to this, self driving trains tend to run on restricted tracks that are isolated from roads, walking paths and other trains. For example, a metro. So it doesn’t need to do things like look out for manual drivers and pedestrians. Also, automatic train control, ATC, is already widely implemented for manually driven trains and a very manture technology, and full self driving is simply an extension of that as opposed to a brand new technology.

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        Oh god I meant to write the opposite 😑: why aren’t autonomous trains more common since they are easier to implement.

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          Sorry, I was not sure whether your comment was sarcastic or not so I answered it seriously. :|

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      Why they’re not more common?

      • because it costs a lot more resources (environmental/economic impact) than to pay someone to press a few buttons

      • because it’s very practical to have an actual human being “in charge” on board when something bad happens, if only to reassure everyone

      • because in our capitalist societies robotization is for the profit of the establishment, not for diminishing the suffering/work by the people, so unions are rightfully opposed to robotization of public service