Yes, I think that will slow the adoption of robocars significantly, especially in the USA. See Templeton's section on liability in the essay on problems with ro

Yes, I think that will slow the adoption of robocars significantly, especially in the USA. See Templeton's section on liability in the essay on problems with robocars: http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/roadblocks.html http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/roadblocks.html "[Robocars may first be adopted in] other countries, such as China, Singapore, India or Japan. These high-tech countries have very different liability systems, and indeed very different forms of lawmaking that can simply wipe away the liability problem with the wave of a pen."