[gr8eman]

I believe that insurance companies will doom the self driving car! I wonder who is liable for the death of the woman who got run over! The Car?

[Alberta's Child]

That's a key point that hardly gets any discussion in this issue.

If every car on the road was a self-driving car, then auto insurance as we know it would cease to exist. Instead, crashes would be covered by product liability insurance ... which means auto manufacturers will be forced to do whatever is necessary to eliminate crashes involving injuries and/or fatalities entirely.

The first step will be to reduce the operating speeds of these vehicles to 25 mph. You heard it here first.

[waynesa98]

The cops found the car is not responsible during their preliminary investigation. the car was under the speed limit, the woman was not in a cross walk and likely was crossing the road with her bike between parked cars with out looking. PS driverless cars use more the video and gps, lidar, radar, HI resolution maps and eventually info sharing, like your android phone does now with google maps. This is not a tech looking for a problem, its a disruptive new model of how one uses transportation vehicles. Savior your dumb car, its likely nearly the last one you’ll be able to buy unless your a fleet owner. The model the auto industry envisions is more like a zip car that comes to you on demand

[a little elbow grease]

I believe that insurance companies will doom the self driving car! I wonder who is liable for the death of the woman who got run over! The Car?

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Oh. I forgot to mention severe potholes in the road. Can bad road work be punished in court.