id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-nytimes-com-1612 Robot Cars Can’t Count on Us in an Emergency - The New York Times .html text/html 1610 85 63 SAN FRANCISCO — Three years ago, Google's self-driving car project abruptly shifted from designing a vehicle that would drive autonomously most of the time while occasionally requiring human oversight, to a slow-speed robot without a brake pedal, accelerator or steering wheel. And automotive engineers, computer interaction designers and, yes, lawyers, wonder if the self-driving cars they are working on will ever really be able to count on us in an emergency. The company is working on technologies that will assist human drivers in remaining vigilant when they are required to oversee an autonomous driving system for long stretches of time.Credit...Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times The idea is that self-driving technology (warning lights, emergency braking) can help humans be safer drivers. Toyota is also working on technologies that will assist human drivers in remaining vigilant when they are required to oversee an autonomous driving system for long stretches of time. ./cache/www-nytimes-com-1612.html ./txt/www-nytimes-com-1612.txt