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> The insurance company, just like today. Possibly paid for by the manufacturer and entirely included in the sales price, or possibly paid for by the driver/own
by borism 16y ago
> The insurance company, just like today. Possibly paid for by the manufacturer and entirely included in the sales price, or possibly paid for by the driver/owner like today.
duh, of course! The question is - at what premium? Because you know, actually it's customer in the end who pays the price.
- olefoo 16y agoThe first few years the premium would probably be much higher, especially since these would be luxury cars and you just know there would be attempts to fool the cars into compromising situations (or simply steal them). After the adoption curve hits the early majority the premium balance will shift the other direction (you'll pay more if your car doesn't have the safety feature of being able to drive itself). And at some point it will (assuming that automatic cars are in fact safer) become illegal to operate a vehicle manually on a public road unless it's an emergency. Also fully automated taxis start to look like a mass transit system, and if Zip car offered to pick you up at your house...
- Someone 16y agoLooking ahead, I fear that insurance premiums would decline, provided that you run anti-virus software on your car at $$$ a month. Of course, there also will be a government required back door to stop cars that are being used in terrorist attacks.
- skorgu 16y agoWell the obvious solution is to make the cars paranoid. http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html