Driverless cars and the law.
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Mike Sales
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Driverless cars and the law.
Law in Action Radio 4 4:30 p.m. deals with who is at fault in an accident with a driverless car.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Mike Sales
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- Joined: 7 Mar 2009, 3:31pm
Re: Driverless cars and the law.
4:00 pm. sorry.Mike Sales wrote: ↑1 Jun 2021, 3:34pm Law in Action Radio 4 4:30 p.m. deals with who is at fault in an accident with a driverless car.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Driverless cars and the law.
It rather depends what laws get written.Mike Sales wrote: ↑1 Jun 2021, 3:34pm Law in Action Radio 4 4:30 p.m. deals with who is at fault in an accident with a driverless car.
There are no currently permitted driverless cars, so it's a bit of a moot point.
What should happen of course is that any incident will be properly investigated, and updated procedures will be applied to all vehicles - making blame almost irrelevant.
Insurance will be fleet wide, paid for by the fleet operator (either independent or a manufacturer)
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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fastpedaller
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Re: Driverless cars and the law.
Except where negligence is involved - who is jailed? the 'pilot' or the software programmer? Probably neither, as the way the law happens these days you have to be a 'murderer with a weapon' to be jailed...... see Grenfell Tower, I'll take any bet that nobody will end up in jail, even though many met a terrible end which (it would appear) could have been avoided.[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑1 Jun 2021, 4:41pmIt rather depends what laws get written.Mike Sales wrote: ↑1 Jun 2021, 3:34pm Law in Action Radio 4 4:30 p.m. deals with who is at fault in an accident with a driverless car.
There are no currently permitted driverless cars, so it's a bit of a moot point.
What should happen of course is that any incident will be properly investigated, and updated procedures will be applied to all vehicles - making blame almost irrelevant.
Insurance will be fleet wide, paid for by the fleet operator (either independent or a manufacturer)