[wehadfun]

Why not have a driver present? Just don't understand how that improves the test.

[lern_too_spel]

If you don't need a driver in the car, you can test more vehicles with fewer people and ultimately deploy a mobility service cost-effectively.

[MBCook]

Exactly.

Except when you get in a situation with 100 vehicles, 12 of which need help, and you have 10 drivers.

Oops. Someone died.

[lern_too_spel]

If the situation is a matter of immediate life or death, having remote humans is no help at all to prevent death, so your scenario isn't likely.

[kamek]

You can test vehicles that don't have (internal) controls for a human driver (e.g., no steering wheel, pedals).

[jasonmaydie]

basically they can build a living room or office that drives around without it looking like a traditional car.

I think the whole self driving thing is an inefficient way to move people tho