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by michaelt 554 days ago
Well, there's consistently and there's consistently.

In 2016 Waymo reported their safety drivers intervening once for every 5,100 miles driven [1] - which implies to me that 99% of journeys nobody touched the wheel or pedals.

The problem is 99% isn't enough, as there are tremendous numbers of cars out there, and a busy bit of freeway would get a disengagement per minute.

[1] https://driverless.wonderhowto.com/news/2016-disengagement-r...

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They Waymo trick is entirely different to FSD. They are travelling pre-mapped streets.
You've used Google Street View, right?

It might be missing a few logging roads, private driveways and carpark lanes - but it shows Google is entirely capable of mapping streets in detail all over the world.

with remote controller drivers on an as needed basis