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Re:Forget self-driving car anxiety: In the early days human ... by userbinator on Sunday November 06, 2016 @11:53PM (#12888895)
At the same time, trains are vastly safer than personal cars.

Most likely because trains essentially only travel in one dimension almost all the time, along a very well-defined path.

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Re:Forget self-driving car anxiety: In the early days human ... by revelation on Monday November 07, 2016 @12:03AM (#12888922)
That's the point. For their base (and empirical) level of risk, there are huge binders of safety regulations for trains. Yet cars, which pose a vastly higher risk, are basically unregulated and safety is commonly ignored for what are peripheral concerns.
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