Originally Posted by
squirtdad
Private ownership has huge legal liability issues.
When a privately owned AV car crashes (and it will happen) who is responsible/liable?
The rider/riders in the vehicle? The legal owner? The AV vehicle manufacturer? The AV technology company? the tire company? and so on.
Current law does not address this ...
Sure it does. There have been numerous lawsuits filed in cases where a vehicle crash and resulting injuries/fatalities were due to malfunctions of the tires, car suspensions, brakes, engines, etc. and the courts have been assigned the task of assessing who is at fault and assigning figures for compensation. With AVs I expect the number of incidents to be far fewer but with a higher percentage that include some fault due to the vehicle.