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I hired a self-drive car the other day. I sat in it for an hour and it still wouldn't move!!!
The number of decisions in running a train is vasdtly simpler since the tracks already choose the direction. If driverless cars are on the horizon then driverless trains have been possible for years. Driverless trains would allow single carriage units thereby providing far more flexility, allowing departures every few minutes, 24/7 working, lower running costs & increased capacity. This could make trains truly competitive but has been held back because government control does not inspire innovation.
Items 20,23,24,& 29 deal with this http://9percentgrowth.blogspot.com/2006/10/30-showcase-te...
A good, and very interesting scientific experiment but I'd hate to see them become the norm on the road.
#3 I'd rather they were Norm than Herbie.
