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> automakers won’t be able to afford to produce autonomous cars if each and every car sold could theoretically land it in court Absolute nonsense -- put a blac
by ihsw 11y ago
> automakers won’t be able to afford to produce autonomous cars if each and every car sold could theoretically land it in court
Absolute nonsense -- put a black box into each vehicle. They already collect mountains of telemetry, and having that will pretty much ensure indemnification.
- Someone1234 11y agoBased on what legal theory? Indemnification is actually really hard to get, and simply adding a black box within itself wouldn't immediately grant that. It certainly doesn't for the airline industry.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoCars already have black boxes: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/03/20/174827589/yes-your-new-car-has-a-black-box-wheres-the-off-switch http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/03/20/174... TL;DR Its tied to the air bag, and records critical metrics to flash when an accident occurs.