In 2018, the company started taking passengers in a programme called Waymo One, but the only passengers allowed on board were people that had been vetted by Waymo, which involves signing an NDA barring them from disclosing any information about trips. According to the company, Waymo One has 1,500 monthly active users.
Now, Waymo is switching things up one gear. It is removing the safety driver that has so far always been at the wheel of each self-driving car to take control if the computer gets overwhelmed, making the vehicles truly self-driving for the first time. They will still be monitored by remote employees but Waymo maintains the cars will make most of the driving decisions by themselves.
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