[danblick]

My understanding is that "driverless testing" here means either (1) moving the safety driver to the back seat or (2) following the vehicle with a second vehicle with a remote kill switch.

Thanks for posting that link though, I've been curious to read more about this.

"""At first, most of Waymo's driverless cars will have an employee in the back observing the vehicle's behavior. If something goes really wrong, they'll be able to push the "pull over" button to stop the car."""

[bduerst]

Yes, driverless testing involves having a passenger function that where the passenger can request that the car pull over at the next available spot.

I'm not sure why you're splitting hairs on that though, when there's a definitive difference between having testing with someone in the driver's seat and not having someone in the driver's seat.