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It'll be interesting to see what happens the first time a self-driving car fucks up and ploughs through a bus queue. Who would be responsible? The "driver" who
by s_kilk 12y ago
It'll be interesting to see what happens the first time a self-driving car fucks up and ploughs through a bus queue. Who would be responsible? The "driver" who was chilling out reading their kindle? The manufacturer?
- ghaff 12y agoPresumably it depends on what "self-driving" means in the context of that particular car and what the laws are. Today, "self-driving" cars are legally just assistive technology like cruise control and you're responsible. If you have an accident while texting you're in pretty much the same situation as if your car didn't have those technologies. Presumably at some point we have cars that can legally operate fully autonomously (under some defined set of conditions) and the driver would not be expected to be in control. In that case, I'd expect in that scenario there would be a lawsuit naming the manufacturer among others.