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Really, it's not a particularly hard problem to solve. By letting the car drive itself, courts must necessarily conclude (for reasons of practicality if nothin
by mratzloff 14y ago
Really, it's not a particularly hard problem to solve. By letting the car drive itself, courts must necessarily conclude (for reasons of practicality if nothing else) that you are taking responsibility for that decision. Any collisions that result are handled by liability insurance. As time goes on and the robot car industry proves itself in practice, insurance companies will give big discounts to owners of robot cars, which provides a market incentive to buy one.
- laserDinosaur 14y agoBut that seems like a almost too large of a move in liability. Would my Google computer freezing and crashing me into a pole not be the same as my brake pads cracking due to a manufacturing flaw? If a car company can be taken to court over a flaw in manufacturing, could Google not be liable for the same thing?
- mratzloff 14y agoIn those cases your liability coverage would cover it first and then you or the insurance company might pursue a case against the manufacturer. There will of course be lawsuits and class action suits, but by and large I predict liability will handle it.