Sentences with phrase «human safety backup»

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The thinking behind the decision, explains Erik Coelingh, Volvo's senior technical leader for safety and driver - support technologies, is that Autopilot will include so many redundant and backup systems — duplicate cameras, radars, batteries, brakes, computers, steering actuators — that a human driver will never need to intervene and thus can not be at fault.

The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian fatalities caused by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.