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Why would anyone buy a car where they can be held liable for the software defects of the manufacturer? The driver has no control over the software and cannot co
by Noos 7y ago
Why would anyone buy a car where they can be held liable for the software defects of the manufacturer? The driver has no control over the software and cannot compensate for it. You're blaming them for putting the thing on the road at all, and the end result would be not to bother.
- alonmower 7y agoWhile I personally wouldn’t that doesn’t stop a bunch of people from kicking their feet up and texting as their Model S’s drive them down 280 every morning. They’re already agreeing to the trade off between convenience and liability. I think you underestimate how much some people value the convenience.
- ghaff 7y agoThat some idiots may misuse their vehicle assistive driving system is different from you having to sign an agreement when you purchase your self-driving car in which you agree to hold the manufacturer harmless and accept full responsibility for [long list of things] that may happen during autonomous operation.
- aptwebapps 7y agoI think there's a difference between agreeing to hold the manufacturer harmless for anything that happens and accepting basic liability for purchasing the car and putting it on the road. I guess jedberg's idea is that there needs to be a place for the buck to start, as it were, wherever it might end up. Currently that is the driver. However, I don't see why it couldn't start with the manufacturer. They could always try to shift blame to the owner if they were misusing it somehow or interfering with its correct operation.
- Terretta 7y agoWhy would anyone buy a dog where they can be held liable for the genetic disposition of its parents? The dog has a degree of autonomy or self-agency, and can make decisions that put its owner at legal risk. Someone else brought it into the world, but you, ultimately, made the purchase. You made it yours, the problem’s on you.
- vishnugupta 7y agoI’m not sure if it’s as black and white as that. Continuing the counter argument: who is liable if the phone you bought with faulty battery explodes causing life and property damage?
- smt88 7y agoThis is a terrible analogy from every conceivable angle. Dog owners have physical and (some) psychological control over their dogs. Not true of SDCs. Dogs are not programmed, they're bred. Even very dangerous dogs can be kept in a way that renders them unable to harm anyone. Not true of a car that must drive around in public. No breeder guarantees a dog's behavior for its lifetime. SDC manufacturers will guarantee the car's ability to drive.
- itake 7y agoI think a better comparison would be if the passenger in a taxi had to pay the taxi driver's speeding tickets.
- orbifold 7y agoWhich is why our dog can cause up to 5 million in damages and they would be payed by our dog liability insurance...
- IanCal 7y agoI don't see it as being a great idea, but if it was written like that the answer is simply insurance.