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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by phyzome on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:05PM (#16621976)
Do you think you could maintain the required state of alertness, focus, and engagement necessary to hit the brakes and turn the wheel after 30 minutes (or whatever) of just sitting passively as the car drove you around?

I don't think the "safety drivers" do much other than provide liability-shifting for the company.

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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by gowld on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:39PM (#16622307)
the drivers are employed by the company, doing company work. They may (misleadingly) shift the optics away from the automation, but they don't shift the liability.
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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by phyzome on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:46PM (#16622981)
Sure they do, when Uber (metaphorically) throws the driver under the bus for failing in their duties as "safety driver". >:-)
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