Should the tubes go driverless?

It amazes me why more train services (and underground metro services) around the world aren't driver-less? We are making so many strides into driver-less car technology, and that is much more complicated and risky than a train since a road network is more unpredictable and ever-changing.

Trains don't need to share with other vehicles, or near people on pavements, or on deteriorating roads, or with bad human drivers, and yet cars are becoming driver-less?

Of course I know the argument against, the tube workers won't be happy and unions will go against this with all their might. It would also be expensive to set up a driver-less system too.

Do you think we should make the tubes (and trains) driver-less?

Yes and I hope the maintenance engineers have a strong union backing them

Why? Surely if the trains do go driverless you'd need someone to maintain and repair any faults in the systems that allow the trains to be fully automatic haha

Yep. The maintenace engineers find themselves in possession of a very unique skillset needed to keep the entire city going. Meanwhile everyone they know is having their wages slashed, living in fear and basically living a pathetic existence at the mercy of the Tory lapdogs. Gee, I wonder what they could do to make things a bit better for themselves...

Well that's open for everyone's interpretation isn't it? Yes tube drivers are paid very well and are well compensated for the job they do but the strikes this week haven't just been about money, there's also issues of health and safety for when the all night tube comes into force. And to be fair, striking is a last resort and they are well within their legal right to do so. I'm sure if they could, they would work as normal and just open the barriers and let commuters travel for free to prove their point but unfortunately they would lose their jobs.

It amazes me why more train services (and underground metro services) around the world aren't driver-less? We are making so many strides into driver-less car technology, and that is much more complicated and risky than a train since a road network is more unpredictable and ever-changing.

Trains don't need to share with other vehicles, or near people on pavements, or on deteriorating roads, or with bad human drivers, and yet cars are becoming driver-less?

Of course I know the argument against, the tube workers won't be happy and unions will go against this with all their might. It would also be expensive to set up a driver-less system too.

Do you think we should make the tubes (and trains) driver-less?

Would be a lot better if they could do that... The public would be on their side for sure.

When I was in Dubai I was driving the train.

I felt safe on those and feel safe on the DLR so it's a thumbs up from me. Of course they'd need to have safety doors at the platform edge so there's no nasty accidents.

*Books trip to Dubai* That picture is cool!