Re:Nvidia marketing manager killed during train rescue attempt
by ihaveajob on Saturday January 25, 2014 @07:49PM
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Caltrain trains has 2 types of cars, with doors at different locations, which makes this solution not trivial. I guess you could have 2 sets of doors, to open depending on the car model, but even that has the alignment problem.
However I believe there is at least another solution doable for commuter trains in the us. It is not that hard and not that expensive to have a sliding panel who opens in front of the doors.
But what probably matters here is that cost of a dead human < cost of new system to protect human lives. So as long as this is the case they won't change it.