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Technology Doesn't Explain the Philly Train Crash


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Emergency personnel work on May 13 at the scene of the deadly train derailment near Philadelphia. The train crash should have been averted, but whos going to prevent the disaster brewing for automated train technology?

Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP

Cars can now drive by themselves. Automatic pilot systems can fly a jet airliner much of the time. Why is it so hard to make trains that can stop on their own?

From Newsweek
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