Driverless technology and the issue of liability: Who’s responsible?
Self-driving cars promise many wonderful benefits, but the transition to driverless technology is going to require a lot of pre-planning and problem-solving, and that will take years.
March 14, 2014 at 04:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
It seems like every week, another high-tech company or car manufacturer announces that it will “soon begin road-testing” their version of an autonomous vehicle (AV). In fact, companies such as Audi have been testing self-driving cars for years. In one particular demonstration, a fully automated Audi TTS ascended Pikes Peak in Colorado at near-racing speeds.
Now, four states — Nevada, Florida, California and Michigan — have legalized the testing of AVs on public streets. Does this mean that we will soon be sharing the highway with robot cars like those seen in the movie Total Recall? Not likely. The issue of accident liability is a big bump in the road on the way to becoming a driverless society, and resolving this problem is going to take a long time.
Are we there, yet?
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