I think that what you're imagining is like a driver who can let the car do its thing and just intervene now and then once every fifteen or twenty minutes. I believe that what the article is describing is a guy in front of a bank of monitors watching 15-20 cars and intervening in one or another pretty much constantly for the duration of a work shift.

> As far as the ratio of remote assistance advisors to driverless vehicles on the road, the Cruise spokesperson said, “During driverless operations there was roughly 1 remote assistant agent for every 15-20 driverless AVs.”

If you're going 5 miles and only get 4 before stopping mid-journey, is that acceptable? I would say no, I would not find it acceptable

Such frequent interventions means you need very reliable cell service. In times of heavy congestion (concerts, etc) that doesn't seem feasible.

Yes, not to mention, you might be able to outsource the decisions to a low cost call center...