Ask HN: Would you want to own a self-driving car with remote driver(s)?
The remote driver(s) (whom you don't see or talk to) would be able to intervene at any time and take full responsibility for any accidents.
Also such a company would have massive liabilities. You can’t just wave away killing someone with a contract clause
One behaves differently when driving, and be mindful of 360 degrees, checking the mirrors every 5-10 seconds, etc. But if one has a wall of screens, perhaps in the long run they may be able to convert the 2d (wall of monitors) to the 3d (360/surroundings) and sense it accordingly.
Lag/downtime/tunnels/etc. would kill, and should be flawless.
There is absolutely no way someone not at the risk of their life could pay attention well enough to drive for more than a few minutes.
I don't want to be an NPC in someone's game of American Taxi Simulator.
Not to mention, latency, communications failures, etc.
If i own it, it should have better options.
I'd take all four of those options but never, ever remote drivers.
EDIT: (or a tether, kinda like the one skydivers have for when jumping off a plane with the rope being tied to them chutes, and deploys them as they exit from the back)