Bus and train drivers are unionised. Car owners are not.
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Doesn't explain why driverless trains haven't caught on in countries with weak unions like Japan tho
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In Japan boys grow up wanting to be train drivers, not racing drivers. + it is a job for life culture. Working for JR is a graduate career - start on the platform, progress to local trains and eventually get your 新幹線 wings. Still prob paid less than London Underground driver.
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They HAVE driverless trains in Japan though. They just haven't replaced trains with drivers, which is my whole point.
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I am not saying you are wrong, just that there are many diff reasons why things do or don’t catch on. The driverless trains in Japan are generally not JR - an expectation of service perhaps. Not the same with car. サラリーマン+boozelikey+0tolerance for drink driving=driverless??
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I know the mta at least essentially has driverless trains where the conductors "serve in a supervisory role in case of emergency" which I honestly think is mostly a concession to graft and labor unions rather than legitimate concern
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sounds like it yeah
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