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Major legal changes needed for driverless car era
- Beggers1960 5y ago"People in a self-driving car should not be responsible if it crashes, legal watchdogs have proposed. "The Law Commission of England and Wales, and the Scottish Law Commission, want legal protections to be introduced for owners of self-driving cars if anything goes wrong with the automation. "This could include occurrences like speeding or running a red light." Potentially a major spanner in the works for manufacturers here and will likely further delay the introduction of autonomous vehicles on UK roads, Which isn't necessarily a bad thing given notable incidents due to software issues etc.
- hotpotamus 5y agoI wonder how messy this can get. Say you don't do some proper maintenance like letting the brakes get a bit worn - is the car able even able to notice decreased braking performance? And then does the decrease go from normal wear to a maintenance issue that then transfers responsibility to the owner?