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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by david422 on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:28PM (#38884424)
Ok, I don't know much about trains, but it seems like if they can build this kind of system then they could also build a system that only allows trains to go as fast as track "speed limits".
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by ygra on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:18PM (#38885083)
They do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punktf%C3%B6rmige_Zugbeeinflus...
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by TylerE on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:30PM (#38884464)
They have. There's only so much you can do. Crew have been known to throw breakers to disable systems they find "annoying".
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by Symbiote on Friday January 05, 2024 @05:12PM (#38885697)
That's pretty much standard on European high speed trains, and many lines at slower speeds.
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