[johlindenbaum]

It wouldn't be any different than the passenger in your car telling you, like "clear right". Any resulting accident is still the driver's fault afaik.

[saalaa]

I think it's much different from a legal standpoint. First and foremost, the driver is assumed to be fully valid and thus in no need of a blind trust (no pun intended).

[masukomi]

there isn't network delay when your passenger tells you its "clear right"

[bambax]

Yes; also, if the person is in the car, they're risking their own life -- not so if they're hundreds of miles away.

[exch]

Not to mention the vastly better field of view and detail. Neither of which translate very well through a phone camera.

[tlrobinson]

I have heard that if you were to, say, wave someone through at a stop sign and they got in an accident you could be held liable.