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Dozens Killed In Magnetic Train Crash
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 272015" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>The risk assessment is always based on 'more lives saved = higher cost'.</p><p>There is a foolproof system out there, but it would cost far more than any company is willing to spend, as there would be no return. A few deaths means compensation payouts that rarely break the bank.</p><p></p><p>I would have thought that this particular type of movement system could drop the 'frictionless' bit as soon as an obstacle is detected (or apply excess emergency braking via the magnetic circuitry). The result would be rather messy, but at least the train is unlikely to leave the tracks through impact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 272015, member: 175144"] The risk assessment is always based on 'more lives saved = higher cost'. There is a foolproof system out there, but it would cost far more than any company is willing to spend, as there would be no return. A few deaths means compensation payouts that rarely break the bank. I would have thought that this particular type of movement system could drop the 'frictionless' bit as soon as an obstacle is detected (or apply excess emergency braking via the magnetic circuitry). The result would be rather messy, but at least the train is unlikely to leave the tracks through impact. [/QUOTE]
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