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No. Waymo wants their test drivers to be attentive and alert, so that when the cars are ready, the passengers don't have to be. They should really have two tes
by icebraining 8y ago
No. Waymo wants their test drivers to be attentive and alert, so that when the cars are ready, the passengers don't have to be.
They should really have two test drivers there, though.
- loceng 8y agoNot in all cases perhaps though to mimic real-life usage, as then this scenario may not have been uncovered until mass adoption; I could understand a 'real test driver' and a passive/non-engaged safety person in passenger seat - what can they do but wake a driver who falls asleep though, and perhaps then wake them before they accidentally engage manual mode while asleep?
- icebraining 8y agoThey're not supposed to mimic real-life; Waymo's plan is to not have drivers at all. A passenger can hold the steering wheel until the driver comes to. Or they can even use a car with two sets of pedals, they're common in driving schools.