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Posted by Allan on Fri Aug 27 14:52:07 2010 The DN did nto put this on their website but it was in today's paper so I'll type in the article."Robotrains proving to have minds of their own" Exclusive - Pete Donohue "SOME ROBOTRAINS have been going rogue on the L line prompting NYC Transit to temporarily suspend the high-tech operation, the Daily News has learned. In one incident, a train that was stopped at a Brooklyn platform took off on its own - traveling three to five feet before a crew member on board hit the emergency brakes, NYC Transit confirmed yesterday,. Train service continued the old fashioned way - with motormen doing the driving, not computers - until software fixes were finished last weekend, the agency said. The so-called Robotrains are part of an expensive package of upgrades involving signals and onboard computers that only exists on the L line. But to critics like Kevin Harrington, a vice president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, glitches are warnings that this system is potentially dangerous. In automatic train operation mode, the Robotrains are controlled by computers telling them when to stop and how fast to travel. After discharging passengers at a station, a train should remain idling until a motorman, who's monitoring its operations at the cab's computer, authorizes departure with the push of a button. "Train operators have authority to take manual control of their train when necessary while still maintaining a safe operation," NYC Transit said in the statement. "It's important to note safety was not an issue, but reliability was". Some L line trains have been modified with the software fix but not the entire fleet, the agency said. Those that were fixed have returned to computer control." --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- My comments: "It's important to note safety was not an issue, but reliability was". A train starts on its own and that isn't a safety issue???!!!!! DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!!!! |
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