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What exactly do people think it means when Mercedes says they will “take liability”? Decisions about whether to prosecute a driver when something bad happens ar
by kbos87 3y ago
What exactly do people think it means when Mercedes says they will “take liability”? Decisions about whether to prosecute a driver when something bad happens are local and state level decisions. Mercedes can’t protect you when a local prosecutor decides to say “yeah level 3, whatever, you were behind the wheel.”
- jupp0r 3y agoI assume they can only take over civil, not criminal liability.
- arlcode 3y agoAs another user posted at least in Germany the laws were changed to account for this.
- belter 3y agoThat was handled in Germany by changing existing laws. I would imagine equivalent laws were made or are being prepared for California and Nevada. "Germany will be the world leader in autonomous driving" - https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/DG/act-on-autonomous-driving.html https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/DG/act-on-autono... "...The Autonomous Driving Act took effect in Germany on July 28, 2021, introducing significant and comprehensive amendments to the German Road Traffic Law..." - https://www.ippi.org.il/germany-autonomous-driving-act/ https://www.ippi.org.il/germany-autonomous-driving-act/ Law here (German): https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/DE/Anlage/Gesetze/Gesetze-19/gesetz-aenderung-strassenverkehrsgesetz-pflichtversicherungsgesetz-autonomes-fahren.pdf?__blob=publicationFile https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/DE/Anlage/Gesetze/Gesetze-19...
- toast0 3y agoWell, they can provide a rigorous criminal defense, perhaps. But I don't think there's a lot of criminal prosecutions for driving on highways at speeds under 40 mph.