I'd also like to second this and I'd like to add regarding the following paragraph: "It is normal that cars like that one can be used by the developers even of

I'd also like to second this and I'd like to add regarding the following paragraph: "It is normal that cars like that one can be used by the developers even off-hours. Typically you have to write a short test report after the weekend and ingest the recorded drives. That extends the spread of tested scenarios." That is absolutely true and BMW camouflaged cars with stickers, like the ones described in the article, are a very, very common sight in and around Munich. I'd say in the northern parts of the city and the Autobahn leading northward you are bound to see one if you just wait a short while. This also means that naturally they are involved in accidents and occasionally even in fatal ones. Despite that these cars are common and there are a ton of people driving them, every single person moving one of these cars has had very thorough training. BMW has a whole bouquet of internal drivers licenses with increasing difficulty. It is normal that even people working in software have the basic levels of BMW driving licenses if there is the chance that the they have to use a "test vehicle" (which again there are different classes of).