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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. UT DALLAS!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    UT DALLAS FAILS IT! should have gone to a real school like UT Austin.

  2. Screw that shyt! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    UT-PAU is where the booty is at, BITCH!!!!!!

  3. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You fail it. Your mother is very disappointed in you.

  4. fuck you all! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TAMU is where its at!

    Gig 'em Aggies!

    1. Re:fuck you all! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Northside Northside, we're close knit; Southside eat shit!

      Whoop!

  5. Using GPS To play prick in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Using GPS To Prevent Train Crashes In India

  6. Suicide by Train by Detritus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I read an article that said Japan has a major problem with "suicide by train". Despondent people stand on the tracks in front of an oncoming high-speed train.

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  7. One type of anonymous coward by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The cowarxddly kind!

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  8. Re:So... it'll know where other trains are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They scare your mom, too.