saxikath

A friend who works for the MBTA (and who has a lj name but will remain nameless in case it is not anonymous and saying the following will get her into trouble) says that there is no way for subway drivers to know whether or not there is another train behind them. When they say "there's another train right behind me" they might know the schedule and know well enough to know whether or not there is LIKELY to be another train behind him, but they are always prevaricating. And if they specifically say there is an empty train behind him they are specifically lying.