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Using GPS To Prevent Train Crashes In India

Posted by timothy on from the appropriate-technology dept.

dave420 writes "The BBC has an article outlining plans in India to use GPS technology to alert train drivers of obstructions on the tracks, automatically stopping the train if the driver fails to take action. This sounds like a good use of cheaply-available technology to provide a safer train network."

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  1. I just LOVE this reporting: by TexVex · · Score: 5, Funny
    When there is an accident, that often translates into large numbers of casualties.
    And in other news, failure to regularly exchange carbon dioxide with oxygen frequently results in death to animals and people!
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  2. War Railing? by metrazol · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the trains have a GPS doohicky in 'em, alright. And ya say that there doohicky can stop the train if the driver doesn't? Okeydokey.

    And so you're sayin' I could sit next to the tracks and stop trains with the WiFi card in my Zaurus? Neat-o.

    Saves having to follow the schedule!

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