Courts do not empathize and that's where self driving cars will be ultimately judged. The essential driving tests are fuzzy and weak not due to empathy. I've s

Courts do not empathize and that's where self driving cars will be ultimately judged. The essential driving tests are fuzzy and weak not due to empathy. I've seen a lot of hate and rage directed at unskilled, mistaken or law breaking drivers. Or even just because. Road rage is a thing. The driving exams are weak because transportation is torn between safety and liberty or availability. Good enough self driving car would shift that balance. Additionally companies want cheap drivers and workers to reach them on their own, they do not care about accidents beyond certain base rate, even less so if a given driver breaks the law or annoys other users of the road. Including companies in the transportation business.