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When Your Self-Driving Car Gets a Flat Tire, Who Does it Call?

The New York Times

Phantom Auto is working on remote control systems, often referred to as teleoperation, that many see as a necessary safety feature for the autonomous cars of the future. 

Even the most sophisticated vehicles will not be infallible – a fallen tree, a sinkhole, a string of strange pylons, a flash flood, a fire or some other obstruction on a lonely road could make an autonomous car stop safely, but then what?

A car in need of help would automatically contact a Phantom Auto center, where a remote operator could use the car’s cameras and sensors to see what was happening, then maneuver the vehicle out of trouble – but someone will still have to come out and fix your flat tire.

Read the article at The New York Times.

Mar 19, 2018connieshedron
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