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With these driverless cabs, will a person still be behind the wheel ? Or is no one there. If not, what happens if an accident occurs and the cab keeps on driv

by jmclnx 3y ago

With these driverless cabs, will a person still be behind the wheel ? Or is no one there. If not, what happens if an accident occurs and the cab keeps on driving due to a software bug ?

z0mghii 3y ago
There's already driverless cabs with no one behind the wheel running. Just not 24/7. If some accident or bug occurs, they currently just stop completely until a person comes out
- jeffbee 3y ago
  Waymo already operates around the clock. Their application to CPUC will only allow them to charge for the service.
medellin 3y ago
Hopefully they had the foresight to test this.
kfarr 3y ago
No one is behind the wheel. Right now there is no mechanism for a third party such as law enforcement to reliably stop or redirect the vehicle.* Yes, it is possible that an issue could occur and the vehicle will keep driving.* * you could say the same thing about human motor vehicle operators
cmgbhm 3y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-francisco-robotaxi-hinder-emergency-crews-shooting https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-franc... While this one is unique afaik, there are plenty of other odd ball ones.
zaptrem 3y ago
In the extremely unlikely event this happens and the AV doesn’t pull over the footage is saved for a time so the other driver/pedestrian/etc can simply contact the company/police for insurance claims.
meowkit 3y ago
There are multiple failsafes to prevent a “keeps on driving from a software bug”. There are overseers who are remotely monitoring vehicle telemetry. If there is an accident, the company will know before anyone else and will respond accordingly.
sbuttgereit 3y ago
Driving my kid to/from school in San Francisco, I regularly see completely empty Waymo cars driving around... pretty much every day. There's 1-3 that I see parked on a particular wide and relatively empty side street and I suspect they use that street to wait until they have a destination.

by jmclnx 3y ago

With these driverless cabs, will a person still be behind the wheel ? Or is no one there. If not, what happens if an accident occurs and the cab keeps on driving due to a software bug ?

z0mghii 3y ago

There's already driverless cabs with no one behind the wheel running. Just not 24/7. If some accident or bug occurs, they currently just stop completely until a person comes out

jeffbee 3y ago
Waymo already operates around the clock. Their application to CPUC will only allow them to charge for the service.

medellin 3y ago

Hopefully they had the foresight to test this.

kfarr 3y ago

No one is behind the wheel. Right now there is no mechanism for a third party such as law enforcement to reliably stop or redirect the vehicle.* Yes, it is possible that an issue could occur and the vehicle will keep driving.* * you could say the same thing about human motor vehicle operators

cmgbhm 3y ago

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-francisco-robotaxi-hinder-emergency-crews-shooting https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-franc... While this one is unique afaik, there are plenty of other odd ball ones.

zaptrem 3y ago

In the extremely unlikely event this happens and the AV doesn’t pull over the footage is saved for a time so the other driver/pedestrian/etc can simply contact the company/police for insurance claims.

meowkit 3y ago

There are multiple failsafes to prevent a “keeps on driving from a software bug”. There are overseers who are remotely monitoring vehicle telemetry. If there is an accident, the company will know before anyone else and will respond accordingly.

sbuttgereit 3y ago

Driving my kid to/from school in San Francisco, I regularly see completely empty Waymo cars driving around... pretty much every day. There's 1-3 that I see parked on a particular wide and relatively empty side street and I suspect they use that street to wait until they have a destination.