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[–] -1 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Yeah, but... If we're paying people to just sit on a train for 8 hours at a time, never actually doing anything....

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Then they're really there for when things go wrong. Like pilots, the plane flies itself 99% of the time, they're just there to take over when things arent going according to plan.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    The risk factors of a airplane and subway train are so different and you must surely know that

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Ok, but you do realize a subway can still catch fire, right? Or someone could have a heart attack. Just because you won't fall to your death, doesn't mean people can't still die.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    I just don't understand what good would a human conductor do in those scenarios that sensors and workers at the station couldn't? Trains go in a tight loop with regular stops on the ground in special tunnels and are under constant watch. A single person adds no real line of protection to that system

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Guy having a heart attack. Operator overides the controls, contacts 911, sets an ambulance to show up at the stop that will be fastest for EMS. In my city, sometimes the elevators are down at certain stations. So maybe the operator drives past the next 2 stations without stopping all while being in contact with 911 operators, and at the same time using the intercom to alert other passengers on other cars (since trains are multiple cars long) what is going on so they don't get mad that the train didn't even stop at their stop.

    An automated system would have just went to the next stop as normal. Stopped, opened the doors for 30 seconds, and then resumed as normal.

    Fire - If a small fire broke out, the train operator could stop the train, wherever it is, open the doors, use the intercom to evacuate the train. Then use communications to stop all other nearby trains so they don't hit any passengers now jumping off a train onto other train tracks. Then, when everyone is safe, use the fire extinguisher.

    If automated systems can even detect a fire, the most it could physically do is stop the train, and open the doors. Computer code can't physically use a fire extinguisher, and I wouldn't trust AI in an emergsncy situation to get people to safety.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Can't all that be done by remote control from HQ?

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  • Yes, but quicker and more efficiently. Plus there would maybe be hands free to run around with the extinguishers, who knows even the public might act upon an event

    But we all know the bleakest outcome is the only possible outcome. Firy infinite metro line

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