re: #111 Blind Frog Belly White

Ya know, the idea of testing autonomous vehicles in real traffic with test drivers ready to take over at any moment SOUNDS good, till you realize that there are so many drivers out there who are already distracted even when they’re the ones driving.

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When you’re not actually driving, it’s hard, or even impossible, to stay focused enough to take over in an instant when the automation fails.

In the case of the person who darted in front of a self-driving Uber, a human driver would have run them over too, so having a meatbag on board seems to be just to calm fearful people.