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Re:Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Net... by jakobegger on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:32AM (#16401368)
Are they already fully driverless or do they still have a safety driver?
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Re:Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Net... by jacksmith21006 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @01:19PM (#16401876)
Google moving them out of driver seat. So not possible to fake it.

https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-google-arizona-phoenix-dri... Waymo Finally Takes the Driver Out of Its Self-Driving Cars | WIRED

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Re:Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Net... by jakobegger on Saturday February 17, 2018 @01:43PM (#16402010)
I think I've read a about a dozen announcements like that stating that they are going to start having the cars drive without safety drivers, but all the videos I saw on Youtube still have safety drivers, that's why I asked.
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Re:Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Net... by VVyattPrentice on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:48AM (#16404827)
Even without a safety "driver" you can have an employee monitoring with a finger on the kill switch.
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Re:Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Net... by kyle_martin1 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:55AM (#16401472)
Safety driver still there in my experience.
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