Computer failure cause commuter confusion

The Advertiser: Computer failure cause commuter confusion :
"Three train drivers who were stood down yesterday for allegedly driving through red signals will resume work after it was found the mistake was not driver error, but the software problem.

TransAdelaide general manager Bill Watson last night insisted the problem 'doesn't affect commuter safety'."

Some people became aware of the problem with trains and were lucky enough to be able to use buses as the alternative means of transport. Are you sure computers are making our lives easier? We seem to have more and better problems. We seem to have massive waste of people and resources and the inconveniences are mounting up. Perhaps we are all too used to it and then do not manage the interruptions very well. There has to be a way of testing new software before it becomes implemented system wide. There also has to be a way of letting the public know when there is a big change in software in a significant structure like banks, hospitals, transport. I feel sorry for the guys who were stood down. It would have been quite traumatic for them. We need a structure which forewarns us of testing and implementation.