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driver to agree to always be aware and ready to take control
Which means you can't read your email or go to sleep or not have a license and the while thing has almost no point. If the car can't drive itself empty or with a 10 year old alone in the back then why bother?
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Because you need some shiney new tech to get people to buy your cars?
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If the car can't drive itself empty or with a 10 year old alone in the back then why bother?
Because the leading cause of collisions with motor vehicles is driver error and a computer will be much safer at driving than a human, even if it isn't in full control all of the time.
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Stonehedge
I think that's why even though we may see "full autonomous" the car manufacturer will have to get the driver to agree to always be aware and ready to take control. They can avoid the trolley problem if the car computer nopes out and puts the control back with the driver.