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		dwild on July 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems Self driving vehicle still need a conductor. It's not safe enough to have a vehicle that have no one to stop it. Metros, trains and planes have drivers even if they are doing nearly nothing. They are there in case of a problem (which happen too often...).

mikeash on July 19, 2013 [–]

Lots of trains have no drivers at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_trains

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