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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by olegkikin on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:20PM (#14959400)
> Those "few occasions" would presumably be accidents without the intervention of the safety driver.

You don't know that. Doesn't the car simply slowly stop if it doesn't know what to do?

> A small corporate shuttle service that "only had a few accidents" would not be considered a very safe service.

As soon as it's safer than a human-operated one, it's already good enough - there's literally no safer option.

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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by richardwhiuk on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:17PM (#14962076)
It's not about not knowing what to do, it's about not recognizing things that threaten safe travel.
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