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A Robot Train Driver Would Never Do This

The Buenos Aires transport authority released video footage of train drivers sleeping, reading and on their mobile devices while operating trains at high speeds. 
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The Buenos Aires transport authority released video footage of train drivers sleeping, reading and on their mobile devices while operating trains at high speeds. This comes in the wake of a deadly train crash in Spain last week and a deadly crash in Argentina last year.


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