here is a follow-up article.
On Wednesday afternoon, the 33-year-old driver of the Hikari No. 126 bullet train on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line nodded off for eight minutes until he was woken up by a conductor after the train pulled into Okayama Station. The train originated in Hiroshima and was bound for Tokyo.
Running at speeds of up to 270 km per hour, the train covered a distance of 26 km while the driver was in the land of Nod.
Officials were alerted when the train pulled in to the station at 3:20 p.m. and came to a halt 90 meters short of its designated stopping point with the help of a system that automatically regulates the speed of a train.
I wonder how often this really happens..
