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Re:Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash th... by JanSt on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:15AM (#24489757)
Isn't it the drivers job to take control whenever there is a design flaw? I thought that was the exact job description.

If the car is going over it's speed limit, the driver should react.

I see that some people think Uber should have added systems to control the safety driver. I think that's a fair point, but it doesn't take away the drivers responsibility. They knew the car isn't perfect. It's their job to take over control whenever that happens.

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Re:Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash th... by freeone3000 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:28AM (#24490678)
Their job, as designed, is impossible. Automation complacency is well-known and well-studied -- any system which requires no input for an hour and then requires you to act randomly within seconds is an impossible task for humans. Volvo's self-driving (hands-on-wheel required) accounts for that. Uber's did not.
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