Is There a Difference Between Developing a Safety Management System and Managing a Human in Loop?

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Waymo has published a paper on how to make driver monitoring more effective. The company says that it can be combined with other technologies such as body posture and eye movements in order to provide an accurate picture of the user's driving habits. Waymo is also looking at ways to prevent drunk driving, but there are still not enough educational components about this type of technology being used for consumer applications.

How has emerging driving automation technology been developed and tested on public roads with such a relatively strong safety record? As Waymo's Francesca Favarò explains on this week's episode it has everything to do with the humans behind the wheel. On this week's episode we dive into how Waymo manages fatigue risk among safety operators, why it's so important, and where the landscape of safety standards has room to improve.