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Punitive damages are extra compensation to discourage future behavior. Yes, these are not used in every country, but compensatory damages certainly are, and tho

• avar 11y ago
  Certainly. But for the OP's point of liability being "The. Critical. Question." to stand the question of who gets paid by whom in the event of a death by autonomous vehicle, and how much, is somehow going to be more important than all the other economic and societal benefits of those vehicles. The U.S. has around 25% of the world's personal vehicles, what it does is certainly going to play a big part, but if it does something crazy to restrict the technology it's just going to be developed elsewhere.
• ams6110 11y ago
  Monetary compensation for "pain and suffering" damages (which is not a monetary loss) is I believe not seen nearly as much in other countries.