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by Uberphallus 2897 days ago
Then you get Germanwings incidents
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Which can't happen on trains and buses?
Buses, maybe. Trains: Nope. Doors are locked from the inside, usually aren't accessible while moving and even someone would get inside, well, you can't get off the tracks. You'll get a red signal and a forced braking shortly afterwards. It's really, REALLY hard (by design) to wreck something on purpose with a modern high speed train.
This is why electric trains are so nice: you can shut them off from the ground.
And in buses you can't really lock yourself out as a driver.
Which wasn't a hostage situation or a hijacking to get elsewhere, and it has nothing to do with the passenger security theater which is what this thread is about...