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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know how the driver-less trains in Vancouver handle hitting someone (or something)? Does the train "know" that it needs to stop immediately, and not at the next scheduled station? Or does it just keep on going down the line, with some dead guy (or thing) stuck on the front of--or under---the train?
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IIRC, they have weight sensors on the tracks that will shut the train down if someone falls on the tracks. Also, the train is not the only hazard of falling on the tracks as the electrical supply for the train is at ground level as well.