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And what happens if something unexpected (e.g. badly signalized road works) comes up? With current implementations you can you take over. But what do you do without wheel?
“Run them over.” -waymo
Actual answer: waymo and GM both have control centers that can direct the car remotely. I know that in waymo's case they don't actually remote pilot the car, they just override the cars path finding and the car goes down the route the remote operator makes. I'd assume GM does something similar