More fatalities happen off highways, where roads are in unusual condition and there are more edge cases.
1. Wouldn’t a 30min commute be 1/3 as worse there’s a 20-25min section you can disengage?
2. It can force reengagement via the same mechanism for L2 highway driving, but there is a period where one need not pay attention. There are also existing car lots on the sides of highways for maintenance, and they could be added and expanded. At worst, the shoulder provides space for hundreds of cars per km.
3. greifers are a problem for any self-driving system
7. The remote drivers need engage only in exceptional circumstances, as the driver would.
9-11. apply to existing geofences, but with far more added complication, including pedestrians and cyclists.
Most fatalities happen off highways, despite highways accounting for a disproportionate number of miles driven.
Accidents still happen, but it’s hard to believe they would be less safe than human drivers, when most accidents are caused by fatigue, reckless driving, illegal maneuvers, and unusual driving on the part of the operator. It’s even harder to believe that it wouldn’t become safer with effort, when both the road and the behavior of cars is far more predictable.