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Not wanting to say teenagers aren't capable of being responsible or anything, but yikes. Having 1000+ lives at a time in your hands before the age of 20? 😨
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortageThe government is asking for views on reducing the minimum age for train drivers from 20 to 18 as an attempt to handle the dwindling number of drivers as more retire over the next 5 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz747krrw9lo
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage
The government has put forward plans to reduce the age to qualify as a train driver from 20 to 18.Katy Austin (BBC News)
@reece true, as long as they obey the signals they should be good.
It's down to the individual. Most should be perfectly fine. That's what's the training they have to go through deals with.
It's not just a case of sitting down in the driver's seat. They have to learn (sign) each route before they are allowed to drive on their own.
@Reece @TrainWatch Hmm, I'm pretty sure I've read about drivers being rather traumatised by incidents they weren't even responsible for (like people under trains). Not great whatever your age, but… I'm not sure how well I could cope with that now, but I hate to think how it would have messed me up when I was 18-20.
Edit: you're right, though, there are lots of systems in place to keep things safe and (to at least some extent) take that burden off the driver. It's just still a job with a lot of responsibility that I'm not sure I, for one, could have handled at that age. I'm not typical though, I admit.
