Re: Infrastructure
Reply #36 –
The problem, Jax, is that the train's engineer is not immune to falling asleep. If it can happen to drivers of cars, it can happen to the operator of the train's controls.
Note: We had it happen not long back here in Chicago. You may have heard about the CTA train that tried to climb the escalators a couple of months back. The operator was asleep, the train had overshot the auto-braking system and-- it made for great photos and much comment on Reddit. Turned out the engineer had a bit of history of falling asleep at the controls, she had overshot a stop sometime earlier because she was asleep. She got fired for the incident at the airport escalator.