wrote:


OTOH train drivers don't have to:
- steer
- maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front
- keep in lane
- manouver in tight spaces
- know dozens of road signs and act accordingly

Dozens of railway signs instead.

- reverse while looking in mirrors
- get the timing right pulling out from junctions
- merge with fast moving traffic on a motorway
- worry about height restrictions (for lorry and bus)


Restrictions on which kinds of stock are/are not allowed along certain
lines/platforms instead, and different speeds for different kinds of stock
on some lines.


Anna Noyd-Dryver