On the one hand, Amazon likely gets hit with lawsuits all the time due to accidents their drivers are in, and they're probably also a big target thanks to the company's profile. They probably also have to cover plenty of traffic tickets. I'd bet they have teams dedicated to figuring out how to improve efficiency and reduce lawsuits, and a way to monitor drivers and get bad ones out from behind the wheel before they cause a collision is a benefit to the bottom line.
On the other hand, placing humans under constant surveillance and criticism is nerve-wracking, a good way to chase people off the job, like what happened with the driver FTFA. Humans aren't machines, treating them like they are doesn't work.
On the gripping hand, now that this technology exists, the family of someone killed in an accident will start moaning how Amazon didn't utilize it, how they don't care about public safety, and authoritarian politicians (left or right) will take up the call, because surveillance and population management are their bread and butter.
How the hell do we fix this?
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