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ZoFreX | 8 years ago

Lateral acceleration is much more annoying to deal with than longitudinal or vertical, even if it's constant. Perhaps they could tilt in bends to convert some of that lateral to vertical?

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athenot|8 years ago

Yes, and with no windows, there's zero correlation between acceleration and visual cues. That's a perfect recipe for motion sickness.

delinka|8 years ago

Our local trains have cars that can lean a bit on their own. Bank the track a bit, lean the car as needed, the humans on board don't recognize a turn unless they're watching intently out the window.

dsfyu404ed|8 years ago

Banked corners are a thing. The problem is that when you have delays and vehicles operating at low speeds the track is still banked

ZoFreX|8 years ago

Hence tilting - high speed vehicles tilt, low speed vehicles don't, and everything works out ok.