Two pedestrian strikes. Doesn’t seem like suicide has been ruled out yet.

Caltrain killed more than one person per month last year. We continue to run it. This puts a ceiling on the economic value of a life in California.

How many people did it kill if you exclude suicides? Jumping in front of a train is a very common way to kill yourself.

I don’t think any comparison other transport/policy is good way to discuss safety , otherwise we will be talking gun related homicides compared to other developed countries or discuss our covid deaths with other countries due to policy decisions.

Self driving like regular transport should have strong regulations and policing , today police is not equipped to handle these issues(tickets?) and there is no strong regulatory body (like NTSB) which is looking into non fatal incidents and that is a problem

Police is currently unable to handle personal automobile use, given how lax enforcement of blatant traffic violations is.

Trains don’t just appear out of nowhere, their trajectory is quite predictable and well documented. If there is a collision it’s pretty hard to blame the train.