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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by jmull on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:57PM (#16621029)
I think it’s fine to attribute miles to autonomous vehicles which have drivers that can intervene... as long as that is how they are used outside of tests as well.

Just a guess, but I doubt having a test driver that can intervene will help safety statistics for autonomous vehicles much. I think we’ll find test drivers will usually be unable to notice and react fast enough when they are needed.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by ocdtrekkie on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:17PM (#16621358)
My biggest concern is that test drivers can and have done the 'hard parts' of a lot of test routes, making the overall miles driven statistic kind of useless as a representation of the driving ability of the car.

But yeah, I'd agree there's a lot of difficulties expecting a test driver to immediately take over in a sudden event like a bike entering the roadway.

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