You may recall a few months ago, Disney’s monorail suffered an accident taking the life of one of the train operators. According to this article, the manufacturer warned the potential existed for a crash like this if the proper precautions were not taken.
An operating manual written for the Disney trains by Bombardier Inc. warned that driving the vehicles in reverse “is a potentially hazardous operation even under the best conditions” and “strongly recommended” that an observer be stationed at the opposite end of a train whenever one is backing up.
Keep in mind that fatality was the first in Disney’s 38 year history of monorail operation. I wonder the number of fatalities that occurred in passenger cars going to/from area hotels in that time frame!