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I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere and not sure I fully understand the legal speak of the permit, so I’m wondering - are they allowed to drive their cars (in
by ronilan 7y ago
I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere and not sure I fully understand the legal speak of the permit, so I’m wondering - are they allowed to drive their cars (in California or elsewhere) with no people at all?
Reason is that while being an autonomous Uber might be the holy grail, self-driving empty capability will surely bring immediate value in balancing and maintaining car share and rental fleets.
Is this being explored by Waymo? Others?
- notus 7y agoThey can't currently but that is the end goal. That's kind of why I feel Uber drivers trying to organize is just going to backfire on them since they are just temporary drivers until automation can take over.
- CobrastanJorji 7y agoSo you think the drivers' strategy should be to fight for lower wages for themselves in hopes that Uber will be able to stay in business should self-driving cars emerge as a viable competitor?
- notus 7y agoI think they shouldn't bite the hand that feeds.
- icebraining 7y agoOn the contrary; drivers should try to get as much as possible ASAP while self-driving isn't here yet, because nothing will save them if and when it comes.
- lukey_q 7y agoUber will replace human drivers with robots the second they can and not a moment later regardless of how much organization their current human drivers have done