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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by majewsky on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:03PM (#17801632)
The safety driver will be sitting in a call-center-like office and taking remote control when the car requests it.
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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by emodendroket on Monday August 20, 2018 @02:14PM (#17802334)
That sounds like a terrible job with a lot of potential for things to go wrong.
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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by icebraining on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:13PM (#17802927)
Why? Sounds similar to the maritime pilots, whose job is to maneuver all kinds of ships just for small stretches (usually near a specific port).

These would be (remote) car pilots, probably specialized in specific areas.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by emodendroket on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:43PM (#17803231)
High-pressure and probably a fair amount of death
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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by icebraining on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:55PM (#17803340)
Well, I'm assuming we're in L4, so they don't have to pick up the controls of a car going high-speed or such. I can't imagine any company would sign up to have its employees regularly have the clients' lives in danger, it would be unsustainable legally and PR-wise.
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