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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by emma69
On the flip side, as I was getting on a commuter train in Canada yesterday, the train opened the automatic doors while the train was still slowly rolling, stopped, people started getting on, it started rolling again - it happens every now and then, luckily never seen anyone hurt because of it, but it is downright dangerous.
Speaking of downright dangerous... have you seen this? NYC / MetroNorth commuter train flying along with an automatic door stubbornly remaining open:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKzA505Npeo

Another vote for simple, manual operation.

As for the GPS equipment mentioned upthread that "knows" when a train is in a station and it's safe to operate the doors... would that frustrate an emergency evacuation between stations?
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