• Sizzler@slrpnk.net
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        6 months ago

        Ok so ten years then. In that time nearly all average family cars will be smart. They will have self-driving (they can come pick you up). Will have a few years of insurance claims and premiums showing they are not responsible for 99% of crashes and insurance will react accordingly pushing up the insurance of the last holdouts so far that it becomes uneconomical for the average person to drive “manual”.

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          6 months ago

          It sounds like we’re assuming a similar adoption curve and are just using terms differently. In those intermediate years while insurance is reacting, if the driverless car kills someone, who’s to blame?

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            6 months ago

            Driverless car company. What that means in legal terms is beyond my understanding but companies kill people everyday so there’s probably precident.