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The vehicles operate along fixed routes, include human backup drivers and travel up to 35 mph.
Ten of the drivers had violations so serious that they were made to stop driving immediately; backup drivers were called.
The company said on Tuesday that its six taxis – with backup drivers – haven't had any accidents since the service launched.
At some point, the CEO said, backup drivers will be removed and the vehicles will operate autonomously.
The employees in Arizona were mostly backup drivers, with some schedulers and other operations personnel, but not engineers.
Uber also said it has been putting its cars through tougher challenges on test tracks and providing better training for new backup drivers after laying off old ones.
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The world's first "self-driving" taxi service has been launched in Singapore – albeit with a human backup driver and co-pilot on board for the time being.
Waymo's autonomous minivans, part of a 600-vehicle fleet, have begun ferrying the public around portions of Phoenix without a backup driver since November.
Uber has operated with a single backup driver in its self-driving test cars since November 2017, having previously required two people in the vehicles at all times.
The video shows a backup driver — who is able to take control of the vehicle at any time — with their hands lightly touching the steering wheel.
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