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There's a ton of safety issues that can arise with driverless freight trains.

If you think those issues are bad, just wait til you hear about the safety issues that have happened with non-driverless freight trains

Can you quantify both sets for us so we can make an objective comparison?

From what I’ve seen the danger comes primarily from the operating companies refusing to provide an adequate number of workers for the trains so the ones that are present are stretched too thin. So the issue isn’t driverless vs not, it’s adequate staffing.

These are metropolitan trains.

If they get to keep their jobs, then why would they give a shit whether they look like “fucking idiots” or not?

Yeah those stupid dumb dumbs, trying to keep their jobs. Don't they know that the cost saving will go right into someone's third yacht? These driverless trains are very important!

And maybe, if we all bend over hard enough, ticket prices might even go down a cent or two! Those silly people who want to eat, they don't see the big picture like me!