[dwighttk]

“That situation” was loss of contact with a control center. What is the equivalent for people?

[CDRdude]

Perhaps dense fog, or whiteout blizzard conditions? I’m making the assumption that the server parses the data from the truck to determine what it is seeing.

[winthrowe]

No, those are sensor failures, not external communications failures.

The human equivalent would be being unable to call someone for directions.

[Maybestring]

The article says it's a person making decisions with acceptable delays of 15 seconds.

[dronescanfly]

fainting. I do believe braking and stopping is better than swerving and crashing...

[dwighttk]

no, there isn't a person constantly driving on the other end of the connection