What if a heavy truck, plane, or helicopter hits the guideway or a station?
Disasters like this would cause far fewer injuries than if they happened on a highway or rail line, because even vehicles approaching that section of track would be alerted by their on-board radar and sensors in the guideway, allowing them to stop as quickly as necessary; brakes inside the guideway can stop the vehicle in 55 feet in any weather. Vehicles a bit farther back could quickly exit at a station before the break. Vehicles far enough away to turn off would be automatically re-routed around the compromised piece of guideway and continue to their destination – in most cases, without their occupants even knowing there had been a problem. Riders whose emergency brakes triggered, could usually back up to the nearest station using guideway power if available, or be pulled by a self-powered tow vehicle. If the guideway is damaged so that moving the vehicles would be unsafe, SkyTran and regular emergency crews would respond to bring the passengers down to safety and repair the vehicles
