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The case for this is actually similar to how damage from vaccines are litigated. Vaccines are objectively a good thing for society. Yet, they do cause harm to
by karmicthreat 10y ago
The case for this is actually similar to how damage from vaccines are litigated. Vaccines are objectively a good thing for society. Yet, they do cause harm to a small number of people. So we have the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to handle these claims. These laws also shield the manufacturers from most liability. Now gross negligence isn't going to be covered by this and I'm sure lawyers can find other instances.
This seems like a good concept for self driving vehicles if removing humans makes injuries orders of magnitude less. It won't be perfect, so in those cases a national program for compensation and liability shielding makes sense. Then the technology and be quickly deployed and improved.
- stale2002 10y agoThat's overcomplicating things. Accidents and lawsuits will be handled and paid for by the same people that handle them right now. They will be handled by the insurance companies. Except now, the insurance companies will be paying an order of magnitude less money due to the safety increase.
- gnopgnip 10y agoA better comparison is the MCCA (Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association) All current auto insurance cases with settlements are reimbursed by the fund for amounts over $545k. If this was expanded to cover self driving cars it would still hold the companies financially responsible for the damage they cause while allowing them to take risks without going out of business.