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These new hire cars are ready for the road. the company has taken electric vehicles and retrofitted them with driverless technology. butjust for now, the company is using safety drivers. as you can see, they don't actually drive the car. that's done back at the company's headquarters. we still have a safety driver who sits in our vehicles while they are being remotely driven. the person does not touch the wheel or anything. it's just there for two reasons. we're still building our safety features, and we want to be absolutely sure and certain about safety. safety�*s the first thing that we c...

Who sits in our vehicles while they are being remotely driven. the person does not touch the wheel or anything, it's just there for two reasons. we are still building our safety features and we want to be absolutely sure and certain about safety. safety�*s the first thing that we care about, before removing that safety driver. and secondly, we want to build public perception about a car with no—one in it, that no—one has seen before. so that will take us another 18 months. once this is up and running, and if all goes to plan, the safety drivers will be removed, and this car will be deliv...

Want to be fully self-driving in the next couple of years >> reporter: he's head of engineering for trucking. >> now for a test drive. >> reporter: even today while humans like bob kratz are still technically behind the wheel - >> here we go. >> that acceleration that we're hearing, that's not bob that's the truck >> yep >> reporter: right now, google's self-driving company, weymo via, and others are using safety drivers like bob to supervise what are basically big rig robots if you look closely, you can see he's not always touching the wheel. instead, the semi can navigate by itself using a g...

The autonomous vehicle company said it is ready to operate robotaxi ride-hailing service in San Francisco without safety drivers behind the wheel.

Also disturbing was the scene inside the car. it raises questions about safety drivers he. it appears that she looks down for about five seconds just before the impact. >> hmm. >> now, uber released a statement saying we proactively suspended self driving operations in all city immediately following the tragic incident last week. we continue to help investigators in any way we can and will keep a dialogue open with the governor's office to address any concerns they have. this is more video of scenes from right after the accident. investigators ex-, like i said, are still looking in. they have ...