Train Driver Dozes Off on Nagoya-bound Limited Express; Emergency Stop Triggered

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1. > According to the JR Tokai public relations department, the four-car train was traveling at 71 kph, exceeding the required speed reduction to 55 kph as it approached Nagoya Station at about 3:05 p.m. Saturday. An automatic safety system triggered the emergency brakes

   Can someone explain to me like I’m an idiot why train drivers are even in charge of the controls at all? Trains have got to be the absolute easiest mode of transportation to automate, they’re literally on a track and all of the distances are known. Even in this case the train knew they were going too fast for a curve and slowed itself.

2. My knowledge of Densha de Go comes in handy, and the saviour of me many times in those games is the automatic emergency brakes.

3. Great the the safeguards work properly! And we don’t end up with some kind of ”the security measures were disabled to make more money”.

4. Sounds like an unusual event was properly handled by emergency components.

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