That's my point exactly. It's not simply a question of whether driverless cars are better drivers than humans or not... If a driverless car kills someone, the

That's my point exactly. It's not simply a question of whether driverless cars are better drivers than humans or not... If a driverless car kills someone, the car maker is the only one I can think of who would be responsible. A passenger who wasn't driving can't be responsible. So legally the insurance needs to cover this. If they can't be insured, they can't be on the road. I'm not sure if I expressed that point well, but what I was meaning was that the car makers will have to accept the blame if they're going to be selling cars that do the driving (or more precisely, take the burden of the blame for bad driving). As an aside, to muddy the waters even more, I'd say even if the car gets hacked and made to kill someone, the car maker might still be legally responsible. It's a minefield for sure.