[jmclnx]

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 ?

[kfarr]

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]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/12/san-franc...

While this one is unique afaik, there are plenty of other odd ball ones.

[sbuttgereit]

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.

[meowkit]

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.

[zaptrem]

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.

[z0mghii]

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]

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

[medellin]

Hopefully they had the foresight to test this.