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glatt · 08-25-2020, 01:05 PM

Yeah. Theoretically, it can be very safe.

I was pretty sure the Metro was very safe because it was all computer controlled. But then they had a bad crash because the sensors were not being maintained properly, and people had come to rely on the foolproof computers so the operator was not laser focused when the computer was driving the fast train down a track that it thought was empty. The operator reacted a second or two too late.

These complicated systems have a way of failing every once in a while.

I know. I know. This isn't a choice in a vacuum. If it isn't nukes, it's fossil fuels, and fossil fuels will kill our planet in the end.

I'm glad I'm not the one responsible for choosing which bad option to go with.

08-25-2020, 01:05 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah. Theoretically, it can be very safe. I was pretty sure the Metro was very safe because it was all computer controlled. But then they had a bad crash because the sensors were not being maintained properly, and people had come to rely on the foolproof computers so the operator was not laser focused when the computer was driving the fast train down a track that it thought was empty. The operator reacted a second or two too late. These complicated systems have a way of failing every once in a while. I know. I know. This isn't a choice in a vacuum. If it isn't nukes, it's fossil fuels, and fossil fuels will kill our planet in the end. I'm glad I'm not the one responsible for choosing which bad option to go with.